mkporwit Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) The mission is over now. All three boys are off the mountain. The saved them. Edited August 29, 2008 by mkporwit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The mission is over now. All three boys are off the mountain. It's funny - on this board there's a lot of wise cracks about the "10 essentials". Doesn't seem like such a dumb thing to teach people after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Thanks for the link, mk. I couldn't find anything on it by Googling as quick as you did. I must have been looking at a paper older than yesterday's, since they were pulled off on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevino Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Seems as if that disaster could have be avoided by a little parenting? But I don't want to be to much a armchair QB since i'm not a parent. I have a question, perhaps a dumb one...so these hikers that got stuck on a ledge - how did they get there? One has to imagine if their gear slide away from them they'd be like oh shit, well time to turn around, unless they were rapelling? Ah who knows, it seems, as it was said before, these situations usually have bizarre stories that led these people to trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I have a question, perhaps a dumb one...so these hikers that got stuck on a ledge - how did they get there? One has to imagine if their gear slide away from them they'd be like oh shit, well time to turn around, unless they were rapelling? That's what I was wondering about. I figured by "gear" they must have meant "rope" and it fell while they were setting up a rappel. Who knows. These stories are pretty sparse in (the important) details (for climbers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Miller Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The latest on the "Spire Point Pair" Last updated August 29, 2008 10:01 a.m. PT Rescuers reach stranded hikers in N. Cascades THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CONCRETE, Wash. -- Rescuers have reached two climbers stranded since Wednesday at the 8,000-foot level of Spire Point, near Darrington, in the North Cascades. The Skagit County sheriff's office says rescuers found them about 8:20 a.m. cold and wet but otherwise OK. The rescuers are warming them up to determine if they can walk. If they can descend about 2,000 feet they could drop below the cloud cover where they could be picked up by a helicopter from the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. The 33-year-old Matt Edwards and his 27-year-old girlfriend Robin Gibson are from Massachusetts, but the sheriff's office did not know their hometowns. They had been trapped on an 18-inch ledge but were able to move Thursday to nearby Dana Glacier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevino Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 good to hear. hope the best for getting them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateF Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The mission is over now. All three boys are off the mountain. The saved them. That was a separate incident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The mission is over now. All three boys are off the mountain. The saved them. That was a separate incident Yes, both mkporwit and I (the ones discussing it) are well aware of that fact, but we were discussing it here, since there is no separate thread for the TFM incident and it's kind of a moot point now anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Take you moot points to the moot point forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belayerslayer Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 anyone know anything else about the haystack incident on mt. si? I heard news reports saying he fell off the stack 200 ft. On what side would u fall 200 ft? Pretty sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Spire Point update: The two “hikers” were completing the Ptarmigan Traverse from White Rock Lakes to Cub Lake in a white-out. They ascended to what they though was Spire Col, and descended toward what they thought was Itswoot Ridge. Getting into third class terrain and feeling uncomfortable, one of the party took of their pack and hitched it to a sling to downclimb. The pack pulled the person of balance, at which time they let go of the pack. Feeling sketched they elected to stay on a small ledge and call 911. A GPS cut was pulled off of the cell, which matched up to where they thought they were. NAS helicopters were unable to reach them due to weather. The next day, one team started up the Downey / Bachelor Creek access, while another team was inserted later at Iswoot Lake. The two stayed on their ledge until later that day when it was explained to them that rescue teams would not reach them until the next day. They then climbed back up to the Dana Glacier, and were found the next day, escorted down to Cub Lake, and flown out. For you starving climbers out there, the pack contained the tent rain fly, a down bag, pad, and $300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuja Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Right on! Happy endings are cool. prolly good t keep saying "hikers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 $300 in cash? That seems strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 $300 in cash? That seems strange. i took 40$ and shiny beads n' firewater for trading w/ any redmen we might've passed along the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moronbros Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I usually take something really expensive so I can donate it to the mountain gods. It's always important expensive stuff that I lose. So they climbed up to a high point and couldn't downclimb? like a kitten in a tree? meow that is one hellofa story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 We're not in Wisconsin any more, Toto... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokogirl Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 In several other blogs and reports the couple were called climbers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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