Rescuers in Colorado said the Jack Russell terrier had lost half her body weight when they found her.
  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
    451·
    10 months ago

    In Colorado we find the bodies of hikers who failed to tell anyone where they were going, every year. A surprising number of who deside to hike in the winter and don’t properly pack for the weather, don’t go in a group, and don’t inform anyone what trail they are taking.

    Always and every time infom other exactly where you are hiking, what time you are starting and do not change your plans.

    • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
      14·
      10 months ago

      Apparently someone tried to bushwhack to the top of 13’er just a few days ago. He had a cotton hoodie and nothing else. In November.

      Rescue found him at 2 am upright in the fetal position and covered in snow. It took 5 hours to get him down from his perilous position. He’s somehow still alive.

      I often wonder about people like that. Will he learn from it and grow or was he up there in those conditions precisely because he’s not the sort of person to take important life lessons to heart?

    • girlfreddy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      Yes, because shit still happens. But many incidents can find their source in people not being well-educated in the dangers, ignoring standard warnings or procedures, and/or how to solve issues.

      I’ve lived in remote areas and even locals have gotten into trouble, ie: using a logging road shortcut in a snow storm then dying by carbon monoxide poisoning, walking/driving on an ice road then drowning (because the ice isn’t thick enough).

  • WashedOver@lemmy.ca
    142·
    10 months ago

    After seeing seasoned hikers get lost and die in Joshua Tree and people following their GPS up mountain passes in winter in Oregon to only get stuck and die. I decided to buy a Garmin Inreach mini 2 last year. It has a SOS feature.

    I’m not a big back country hiker, mostly exploring forest service roads. As I’ve gotten older I realize some of the close call mechanical issues I’ve had with my Jeep, could have been a bad situation for me. Just a week before Rona closed everything down I did get my Cherokee stuck on the side of a mountain road. It was starting to get snow covered and I was looking for a place to turn around when I slid into a ditch. If it wasn’t for the 1 random winter camper I passed a mile back, it was a 11 mile hike back into town in a no cell coverage area even in town. I wasn’t dressed for winter as it wasn’t snow lower down.

    I probably would have tried to hike at dusk into town first before using the SOS feature but it would have been nice to have it incase I had trouble getting back into town. I didn’t have it then so who knows how that would have turned out. Anyways I’m more cautious now.