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Posted by jeffrey on July 9, 2007 at 7:03:45 pm EDT
In reply to Re: Hiking emergencies posted by Tom D on July 9, 2007 at 5:37:50 pm EDT

I am at the moment feverishly reading "Minus 148 degrees" an account of the first winter ascent of Denali by Art Davidson. I'm sure most of you have read it. the climbers in the book had all of the corect saftey gear for the harsh winter conditions but unfortinitly some of them also possesed way to much self confidence. This over confidence led them to believe, since it was winter, all of the crevasses would be filled with snow and they would not need to rope up on the kahiltna. Almost imediatly a climber the another falls in. Time after time hubris kills men on mountains. I think one more thing could also be said about backcountry emergencies besides having the proper gear. Experiance! A couple years ago I remember reading about two people that died on Rainier. They were found dead in blue jeans and cotten shirts. I think the story goes that they were day hiking and decided to climb to the top though they had no expiriance. I guess this is an extreme example but my point is as you build expiriance go with a guide or a friend who knows what thier doing. You could give me the best rock gear in the world And I'd probably die on the salathe because I'd have no idea how to use any of it!

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