"Rescued" While Vlogging on Chianti Spire?

[Fairweather]

Is it just me? IMO this episode reflects very poorly on the climbing community. No broken bones? Hike the f^ck out. At a minimum, turn off your "live feed" while good people are trying to rescue you.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/washington-woman-records-mountainside-rescue/ar-AA1H3KjQ?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[Fairweather]

“It was supposed to freeze overnight and didn’t," she says, “I was just, like, standing, and then all of a sudden, the snow underneath me collapsed." 

Ummm, yea. Ok. And you're a guide? 

[Bronco]

For clarification, it's my understanding they were climbing the glacier route on Silver Star and fell in the area of Chianti Spire.  

I'm a mountain rescue volunteer and don't have any problem with them requesting a rescue. Falls like that can cause internal injuries that may not be apparent.  

Live streaming the rescue is totally inappropriate and should result in a loss of phone privileges for a minimum of two weeks and no TV after dinner.  

Edited yesterday at 04:18 PM by Bronco

[olyclimber]

Mandatory Net Nanny installation blocking all social media except for a 30 second window randomly allocated each day.

[JBo6]

Damn kids these days!

[JasonG]

It is crazy to me the difference in attitude towards rescue today vs. even a few decades ago.

Then (90's, when I was a young climber) and now.....I would be so embarrassed/ashamed to be rescued for something like that that I would try and keep it secret, not spread it willingly all over the world! 

I wonder if she realizes the risks being undertaken by everyone to hoist her for some entirely avoidable error?  

[dberdinka]

[JasonG]

The good thing is that we are all old men here.

[dberdinka]

Was this person really a "guide"?

[Rad]

Her name didn't come up on an AMGA search of guides, for whatever that's worth. Then I read the article you posted, and it doesn't say she is a guide, only that she was 'leading' three people. Probably just means she has more experience than the others. We've all been there.

Punching through a hole is a classic early season hazard that can catch almost anyone off guard, unless you're probing every step, which is completely impractical in the mountains.

Vlogging the rescue isn't something I would do, but it isn't illegal and doesn't harm anyone.

So yeah, "old man yelling at clouds" here pretty much sums it up.

Go out and get some yerselves before yer dead.

[olyclimber]

Back in my day we would have just spit on it and continued up the mountain. Hawk tuah! Kids these days just don’t want to work. Hand me my dentures I’ll show ya.