jordop Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 (edited) . Edited June 15, 2021 by jordop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Woo-hoo, the turd TR was a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Story-  Searchers locate missing hikers 02/27/2003  From KING 5 Staff Reports   GRANITE FALLS, Wash. - A search and rescue team, searching the the Big Four area for two hikers missing since Wednesday, located them at the 4500-foot level just before 6 p.m. Thursday.  Families of the two men said they failed to return Wednesday from a hike in the Big Four area - about 30 miles east of Granite Falls - and they were not prepared to stay out overnight.    The pair are believed to be between these two peaks, about 5,600 feet up. On Thursday morning, 10 rescue climbers started searching for the men in an area where a helicopter saw lights and footprints in the snow.  Searchers expected to take 8 to 10 hours to get to the area, as the terrain is steep, with hard snow. There's also the threat of avalanches in the area.  Police said the two men are in their 20s and one is a very experienced climber, while the other is in good physical shape. But searchers did not know how well either of them could handle these types of conditions.  The hikers were apparently unaware a search team was looking for them. They were not injured and in good condition.    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king5news Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 iain said: ...and where is NEWSTIPS???? Â Sorry -- we were busy working the story. Note from the first entry -- looking on KING5.COM! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 So was it the Laytonomicon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 What I would like to know is why the news reports use 'hiker' and 'climber' interchangably. Â ie. 'I team of climbers on Mt Si....' Â 'A group of hikers on the Rupal face of Nanga Parbat....' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 all rescue situations should be referred to as " a team of bumblies" until other evidence surfaces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 or a group of suicidal maniacs bent on self destruction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewmc23 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Hi all, Mike and I are doing fine after a bit of an epic on Big 4. Sorry to worry everyone and many thanks to all those who participated or were prepared to take charge of their own rescue. Mike and I certainly feel very lucky to have so many friends and acquaintances who would make such an effort for us. Fortunately we were able to backtrack our totally buggered descent route back to the proper descent and reach the car under our own power. Beta: The Spindrift Couloir is in great shape right now and for a brief period one may be able to make use of a convienient summit-cornice-burough that I left behind. This was one of the main factors contributing to our late afternoon top-out (but also part of the "Scottish" attraction of the route). It took a while to dig thru that sucker. I'm sure Mike will have more to add. Thanks again to everyone, especially all the guys at AAI. Matt Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 hey is it true layton had to eat his foot? did you guys have tabasco? Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexus Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Glad the pair of you are no worse for wear. BTW, did you guys find two female "hikers" to share a tent with before SAR found you?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewmc23 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 No, unfortunatly no mountain honeys to cozie up with. Glad to report that Layton will still be enjoying the performance benefits of two feet. In respect to SAR (whose efforts are very much appreciated), we found their group at the base of the lower headwall not the other way around. The heweys spotted us right before we made our final arborial raps to the nice flat base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr._Natural Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 So did you end up coming down the NW face? Where did you bivi? What went wrong/took too long, just the cornice? How big was it? Just wondering. Glad you 2 are okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 where's the pics! now that no one is dead are frozen and had to eat any apendages(bummer!) lets get the cheastbeating started!!! Â nice fa!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 whats the word on the 95 degree mixed climbing reported by the "claimed FA"* team and subsequently not by the repeat climbers since then. Has it appeared again or is it still banished to the Phantom Zone?. Â * Mr Nat and Bart - since I believe I read earlier that their claim of FA is disputed by a prior party... maybe we can get some again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Here's what really happened (click this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Who called for the rescue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Attitude said: Who called for the rescue? Â i heard it was Necro!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr._Natural Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Dru said: whats the word on the 95 degree mixed climbing reported by the "claimed FA"* team and subsequently not by the repeat climbers since then. Has it appeared again or is it still banished to the Phantom Zone?.  * Mr Nat and Bart - since I believe I read earlier that their claim of FA is disputed by a prior party... maybe we can get some again   sounds like he is in agreement w/bart in terms of rating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Dru said: Attitude said: Who called for the rescue? Â i heard it was Necro!!! Â Quite true. Late wednesday night, Mike's girlfriend and I decided they were overdue, and notified Snohomish county 911. I spoke with SAR a number of times early thursday morning, and throughout the day, until last night, when they notified us that all was well. Â I have mixed feelings about my actions, given the fact that everything turned out okay and a resuce was ultimately not required. Having said that, if Mike and Matt were in harms way, I wanted their situation to be known before first light, in order to maximize the amount of time spent searching, and also to beat the weather system that was moving in. And let me tell you, when hour 38 rolled around and there was still no sign of them, a lot of people, myself included, were very concerned. Â Please feel free to rail on me as a coddling mother, and as having blown all of this out of proportion for nothing, but my boys were up there, and I wanted them to come back. Â -J Â ps Mike figured the climb, all told, cost over $100,000. He's probably on the low side... Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Mr._Natural said: Dru said: whats the word on the 95 degree mixed climbing reported by the "claimed FA"* team and subsequently not by the repeat climbers since then. Has it appeared again or is it still banished to the Phantom Zone?.  * Mr Nat and Bart - since I believe I read earlier that their claim of FA is disputed by a prior party... maybe we can get some again   sounds like he is in agreement w/bart in terms of rating  its all wi3 until you fall off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWSTIPS Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 danielpatricksmith said: What I would like to know is why the news reports use 'hiker' and 'climber' interchangably. Â Check out my response on the "getting lost & found" thread for an answer to this query. Â (I'd post the link here but I don't know how) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewmc23 Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 Dear Necro, Â Re: Please feel free to rail on me as a coddling mother, and as having blown all of this out of proportion for nothing, but my boys were up there, and I wanted them to come back. -J Â You're a good friend. Thanks for everything. I don't question one iota of your decision process. I look forward to tossing one back with you later tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 Necro called our SAR to rescue two climbers who feel they did not need rescue. Was this the right thing to do? Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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