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  1. Yury

    Another Unprepared Hiker Rescue

    "rescuers asked the owners of the Mount Washington Cog Railway to fire up the historic steam engine and haul them uphill to his approximate location" I am curious to better understand education level of Frederick Dreier. Have they used steam engine or diesel engine during this SAR?
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    Another Unprepared Hiker Rescue

    Where exactly did it happen?
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    Reinhold Messner climbed Everest when no other climber was on that route. Other climbers were not even present in a base camp. For sure you can claim that you have climbed Mt. Washington solo in August disregarding other hundreds of climbers queued up on that trail. So what?
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    I have an impression that the only Everest solo climb was by Reinhold Messner from the north. You can't call it a solo climb when you move together with a hundred of other climbers. https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-have-climbed-Mount-Everest-solo
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    You can't compare South Col/Southeast Ridge route on Everest to any trail in White Mountains. South Col/Southeast Ridge route is way more technical. Nobody has ever solo climbed it while solo hiking is routine in White Mountains.
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    Can I assume that not having snowshoes was his main mistake?
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    If I do not have a stove with me, knowledge of how to use a liquid fuel stove is useless. If you do not have a stove with you, melting snow with your body heat is better than not drinking at all. BTW, I do not understand "never eat a snow" advice. When I was a schoolboy and was playing outside...
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    Context I had in mind: - Fairly cold and windy weather. - Steep e.g. 15 - 30 degrees slope - Two feet of snow on the ground. - Depressed small trees or bushes I am pretty confident that I will be able to boil water in such conditions with Jetboil with winter gas canister. If it's too cold I...
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    @dave.m, how heavy is your twig stove? Have you actually tried using it under similar conditions? For the sake of emergency I have bough a Jetboil stove. It should be much easier to start it than a twig stove. However it's too heavy and too bulky. As a result I have not carried it with me on...
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    Winter Trail Running and Negligence

    What is his second book? I am familiar only with his "Where you will find me" book about Kate Matrosova.
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    Would the current incident fall under "Accidents in North American Climbing"?
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    I am that person. My wife is laughing at me but I prefer being cold rather than sweating while moving.
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    Why do you expect them having rough time over a common sense decision? Each person on this hike made a decision based on his own abilities and risk tolerance. As a result two people decided to turn back and one person decided to go ahead. What would have happened had all three of them continued...
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    Winter Trail Running and Negligence

    Allow me to put my common sense hat on. People have different understanding of what "a reasonable person" is. Let Fish and Game to judge this hiker and sue his estate.
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