XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: gilmer@crosslink.net   
      
   "Russell Senior"  wrote in message   
   news:86wt4o259v.fsf@coulee.tdb.com...   
   > >>>>> "gatt" == gatt   writes:   
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   > gatt> Stupid as it was to climb Hood when they did, they'd done   
   > gatt> McKinley among others.   
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   > Stupid isn't the right word.  I think "unlucky" is probably vastly   
   > closer.  IIRC, the weather was fine when they intended to climb.  It   
   > only got bad long after they intended to be off the mountain (when the   
   > search and rescue effort was getting underway).  It was being unlucky   
   > (the injury) that prevented them from doing that.  Stupid is only the   
   > right word if you assume they were trying to maximize safety, which   
   > they clearly weren't.   
      
   Everything is in the details.   
      
   They left a man behind in a "snow cave" and went for help.   But, but...   
   wasn't it snowing when they separated?   
      
   I know about 20/20 hindsight, etc. but unless the injured guy would die with   
   treatment with a few days, they all might have been better off just waiting   
   out the storm.   They had a cell phone.   There could have told "911" what   
   there situation was and then set up a schedule when they would turn the   
   phone back on.   With sleeping bags and bundled together they could have   
   waited out the weather.   
      
   When in doubt, do NOTHING but think unless immediate action is obviously   
   required.   
      
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