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Incident on Lone Peak?

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Rich Connors · · Grand Junction, CO · Joined Apr 2013 · Points: 302

Saw this on the news last night; clearly climbers involved but (as usual) the report describes everyone has hikers. Anyone know what happened?

good4utah.com/news/local-ne…

Michael Layton · · Sonora, CA · Joined Sep 2012 · Points: 5

it'd be pretty embarassing to have to bivy at an urban alpine area during a supermoon, even with the "10 hour" hike out

Reuben Cousin · · Salt Lake City · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 15

I climbed up there this past weekend and I didn't see many climbers, mainly just hikers/hunters

sfotex · · Sandy, UT · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 225

They were climbing Triple Overhang and ran out of light.. they started up around 6pm after doing another climb in the Cirque

Aerili · · Los Alamos, NM · Joined Mar 2007 · Points: 1,875
sfotex wrote:They were climbing Triple Overhang and ran out of light.. they started up around 6pm after doing another climb in the Cirque
Considering the sun sets around 7:30 these days, that seems to be very strange judgment.

Assuming the final video in the news cast wasn't filler footage they keep on file, it did appear to show a woman in a harness and chalk bag walking with emergency personnel.... But all's well that ends well.
Kevin Hansen · · Melba Idaho · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 130

Started climbing in the 90's and over the years Ive botched the job a few times. A good bivi story sucks while you're making it. I find it comforting to know that SAR is offering a shuttle service in case you get benighted. It will only cost you your self-respect and any street credit you may have had before. The things that make the news these days.
I got stuck and 'slept' on top of Devils Tower once. Rained. Sucked. Wished for a rescue but didn't get one. Now the goal is to not end up in the news. I cringe when I think "he was an experienced rock climber" and my name being used in the same sentence.
Hope they'd call me a hiker. "Hiker was rescued off of the 7th pitch of Moonlight Buttress today, when his shoes fell off." I love the media.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Northern Utah & Idaho
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