Mt. Massive rescue
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Mt. Massive rescue
Just saw this on Denver 7 news. Glad all are safe.
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/l ... mt-massive
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/l ... mt-massive
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
Man they must have headed out later in the day to climb ... 8pm is very late especially this time of year.
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
Rescued from a ton of poor decisions. How does that happen in that area…
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
"By 11 p.m., rescuers found the hikers in the Half Moon Lakes Basin. They were cold, hungry and thirsty, but otherwise in good condition after spending 34 hours in the backcountry without shelter."
That's a long time to be outside this time of year with no shelter, I'm surprised it turned out this well.
That's a long time to be outside this time of year with no shelter, I'm surprised it turned out this well.
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Yeah, it also implies that they had slept outside with no shelter the night prior as well.
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
how do you get into to halfmoon lakes basin? is there a trail that splits off the SW slopes route? is it possible to get directionally confused and bang a right after the descent if you're coming down in the dark instead of going left back to the TH?
also how's the fishing
also how's the fishing
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
Just going west off Massive can take you into the basin, especially if you come off N Massive.stephakett wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:38 am how do you get into to halfmoon lakes basin? is there a trail that splits off the SW slopes route? is it possible to get directionally confused and bang a right after the descent if you're coming down in the dark instead of going left back to the TH?
And anything is possible at night when you are tired.
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
There’s a 4x4 road that takes you into the basin to access Oklahoma and Massive’s south slopes. If you went right coming down, you’d be heading uphill. OT sure how they got so lost. It’s not a hard basin to navigatestephakett wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:38 am how do you get into to halfmoon lakes basin? is there a trail that splits off the SW slopes route? is it possible to get directionally confused and bang a right after the descent if you're coming down in the dark instead of going left back to the TH?
also how's the fishing
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
i'm making the assumption that they went both up and down the SW slopes route, as it is noticeably different from the standard route, but sincerely curious if there's a "well-beaten path" that leads north instead of south once you get into the basin.
and if anyone has ever caught anything over there. google says there is trout, but google also says there is trout in Bear Lake and i'm not buying it.
and if anyone has ever caught anything over there. google says there is trout, but google also says there is trout in Bear Lake and i'm not buying it.
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
which poor decisions? the article posted doesn't give nearly enough information to pass judgment on whatever actions or decisions they took.Slawson405 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:01 am Rescued from a ton of poor decisions. How does that happen in that area…
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that's the point. how do we know when they started? how do we know they don't know the area? the article doesn't say anything about what time they started, only what time they called for help. plenty could have happened in that time that led to their situation deteriorating, that may or may not have been within their control. it's entirely possible they made poor decisions or were unprepared for this hike, but we shouldn't make those assumptions without more information.Midwestlungs wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:07 pmAlthough I understand your point, unless someone got hurt (no mention of this) then they made the poor decision of not knowing the area or starting too late or both.timisimaginary wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:39 pmwhich poor decisions? the article posted doesn't give nearly enough information to pass judgment on whatever actions or decisions they took.Slawson405 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:01 am Rescued from a ton of poor decisions. How does that happen in that area…
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Re: Mt. Massive rescue
Well they were rescued at 11 pm after spending 34 hours in the backcountry. Sounds to me like they started at 1 pm the previous day.timisimaginary wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:43 pmthat's the point. how do we know when they started? how do we know they don't know the area? the article doesn't say anything about what time they started, only what time they called for help. plenty could have happened in that time that led to their situation deteriorating, that may or may not have been within their control. it's entirely possible they made poor decisions or were unprepared for this hike, but we shouldn't make those assumptions without more information.Midwestlungs wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:07 pmAlthough I understand your point, unless someone got hurt (no mention of this) then they made the poor decision of not knowing the area or starting too late or both.timisimaginary wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:39 pm
which poor decisions? the article posted doesn't give nearly enough information to pass judgment on whatever actions or decisions they took.