Zoran Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 WHISTLER A 34-year-old missing skier who was last seen on Blackcomb Mountain Thursday, was found dead by searchers on Sunday. He is not BC resident and looks like he died from hypothermia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 No injuries? The guy get lost and then just sit in the open until he succumbed to the elements??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 It happens a lot DeC, especially in whiteouts. Your point is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 The question marks were asking for more info. No doubt, not everyone have the knowledge/ability (particularly if injured) to build a temp shelter, carries a lighter, have the skills to compose and start a fire, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 He was found "near Green Lake." Even allowing for his being from Quebec and thus unfamiliar with the area, coming off Blackcomb and ending up near Green Lake would seem to require a) being thoroughly disoriented and b) making a considerable effort to go in the wrong direction. From some fragments of early information, it sounds like he got into the Blackcomb Creek drainage and, instead of following it down to the village, he climbed back up the far side (considerable effort) and then down the slope toward the lake (wrong direction). It's possible (probable?) that he was already hypothermic at the outset, and that his reasoning was impaired as a consequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueserac Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 One thing is for certain it is unfortunate and someone is going to be lamenting. I totally missed this bit of news, I was chasing waterfalls down at Banks and elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Dense fog, fatigue, no food, limited water, can confuse anyone. A good friend of mine who has skied extreme faces since we were in highschool in the seventies got lost off the backside of Crystal after he had skied there for 20 years. He recounted the entire event step-by-step to me and I was amazed at how many poor decisions he made. So was he. In fact, his entire point was that every single thing you do is a decision that ends up being a part of your survival or a detriment thereof. He was able to hike out in the middle of the night and ended up way down 410 at the plow hut. He was in the process of trying to break furniture to burn in the wood stove when the plow crew found him. He was sweaty and extremely fatigued and has no doubt that he would have died if he did not get a fire going. I am not meaning to scold anyone. Just informational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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