View Full Version : Lost snowshoe Hiker found after storm in NW
rotorbrent
12-31-2016, 23:01
http://abcnews.go.com/US/60-year-hiker-rescued-surviving-24-hours-snowy/story?id=44469287
rocketsocks
01-01-2017, 02:14
Now that's a text book success story there, "he was measured and had the gen essentials" glad he made it.
Feral Bill
01-01-2017, 03:53
Good news. Yeah!
johnspenn
01-01-2017, 08:50
Glad he was prepared and knowledgeable. I know his family is too!
garlic08
01-01-2017, 10:24
I guess not all day-hikers are unprepared fools. (There's another thread that started dissing day-hikers, so I stopped reading it.) Good for him!
I guess not all day-hikers are unprepared fools. (There's another thread that started dissing day-hikers, so I stopped reading it.) Good for him!
It wasn't the thread dissing day hikers, but one specific poster doing so.
Snow caves are much warmer than tents, he made a good decision to stop and obtain shelter and fire. Adding 2 trash bags or a emergency bivy would be a nice addition to the essentials kit.
Hard to believe you can survive the night, in winter, at altitude without a 45# base weight pack.
garlic08
01-01-2017, 12:52
...Hard to believe you can survive the night, in winter, at altitude without a 45# base weight pack.
No emoticons here, can't tell if you're serious or not.
With a good, dry down garment, a bivy, some skill and a cool head (perhaps most important!), a well-provisioned day hiker should be able to survive sub-zero F conditions overnight. Not in comfort, but survive. A zero F quilt (just over a pound) would make it almost comfortable.