The arrogance and pride of this woman make my head spin. I have always lived by the truth that you haven’t completed your summit until you have fully descended (and not by helicopter!). Thank you for sharing and I’m shocked The American Alpine Club would publish her trip report after she put so many at risk by pushing onward and upward in poor weather.
The AAC published her trip report, but I believe later they put in the reports from SAR and the father/son team on the ground. Yep, her arrogance is astonishing. She used up her batteries posting Instagram photos, and she communicated with SAR via her agent. Totally unprepared.
I'm thinking they could have moved camp from 336 to 349. I want to know why.....
So they could have been searching the wrong area?
No, the search was in the right area but the mile marker of the search area was some miles north (11, I think?) from where they were said to have been camping and hunting in first reports.
Rickshaw Fan said:
I reposted my quandry and clarified it. I didn't convey what I was trying to say very well.
IMO it would be it would be difficult to take everything and reset it up. I mean its cumbersome. Afterall they wanted to relax and spend time doing what they enjoyed together, so I find it extra burden to do this. Wasting time and spending energy moving instead of doing what they came to do. IDK
I’m thinking they had trouble with the terrain, so they had to move.
Thank you for that. Interesting, that she doesn't feel AT&T has given her the very last ping on his phone, and that Apple is refusing to give the last coordinates.
Still on the jag of maligning North Slope LE and SAR, as though they've been "withholding resources". This is just so unfortunate....
Yes. It is so hard for people in the Lower 48 to understand the risk calculation of those in authority in Alaska. It's called The Last Frontier for very good reasons. Pioneers died on many frontiers because of tiny miscalculations & there was no SAR available. You can ask someone to risk their life to potentially save yours. But you can't demand it.
It's not even rescue, at this point. It's gotta be recovery.
Grief makes people unreasonable. If my husband went missing this way, I would be frantic to do anything & everything at any cost.
I think maybe she's unfamiliar with those details? Maybe they had the kind of relationship where he did his "guy stuff" (e.g. hunting), and didn't share, and she assumed he knew what he was doing? If there was a health issue, she might not have been aware of that either? Some guys don't like to mention health realities.
There are parts of Alaska, and seasons, that are extremely dangerous. I'm not sensing this is one of those places. You are at risk for getting lost, apparently, and you have to pack in all your stuff and carry it and walk forever (or hire someone to do it for you), but otherwise, this doesn't appear to be an unusually dangerous place, in August, which is when he got lost. None of the civilians who went to search for him - his sons, and the group of 5 guys from Tennessee, appeared to encounter any serious challenges. Not like if you're hiking a steep trail in an area where the temperatures are extremely hot and dry, and there's no shade. You can't drive out there, and you can't put a helicopter down, so those are logistical hurdles you have to contend with. Otherwise, up until recently when the weather will be turning cold, this doesn't seem to be an inherently dangerous place. Even that guy with the dog wandering around out there doesn't seem to have encountered difficulties.
I respectfully disagree. The Dover team should have found him if what you say is true.
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