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Steve L
Gym climber
SUR
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After all this struggling, my friend wanted me to throw away my 50-pound pack, but I refused.
I can just imagine this dramatic scene in the movie version of this epic adventure.
n00b1: You have to throw away the pack. Our lives depend on it.
n00b2: Never! My mom gave me that pack!
(as n00b2 turns to walk away, n00b1 grabs him by the shoulder)
n00b1: We'll die!!!
n00b2: You can pry this pack off of my cold dead body! I'll see you in hell Hunter!!
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2010 - 12:52pm PT
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an impassable ravine, lost, wet and cold. The helicopter was able to drop off a crewmember who hiked to the stranded climbers and escorted them back to the helicopter
impassable to rock climbers, but not to hikers, i guess.
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utahman912
Social climber
SLC, UT
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2 Trango Equlizers? That is equalized squared
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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n00b1: You have to throw away the pack. Our lives depend on it.
n00b2: Never! My mom gave me that pack!
(as n00b2 turns to walk away, n00b1 grabs him by the shoulder)
n00b1: We'll die!!!
n00b2: You can pry this pack off of my cold dead body! I'll see you in hell Hunter!!
LOL!!!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Venture North of Del Monte at your own peril!
Make sure you have duct tape and a leatherman!
"Burned my credit cards for fuel"
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Josh Nash
Social climber
riverbank ca
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uh I just saw the google map and well I really don't get it? A helicopter came and got them? really? What are you doing?
maybe he's right.....why would you even post it anywhere? I'm now confused and scared....
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Sounds like a great partner, you get him lost, convince him to hide his gear and come back later for some free gear. Malibu can afford it so it's not unethical.
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Bad Acronym
climber
Little Death Hollow
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I agree with Dingus, this is a great example of why you shouldn't give your itinerary to family members or anyone else that might give a sh*t. They shoulda gone all Harrison Ford when they saw Tommy Lee Jones a-coming...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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So the n00bs get stoned with the cheese makers?
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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To their credit, it IS a 45-minute hike to Echo (for those of you unfamiliar with the area), and the last 15 minutes in a steep scramble up/down rock that gets very slippery when wet.
Glad the got out OK.
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groundup
Trad climber
hard sayin' not knowin'
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ring ring!
"Hello, 911..."
"Help! I need a helicopter. I'm lost between my house and the 7-11... I'm a sport climber so I left the beer in a last ditch bid for survival... I did eat 50lbs. of HoHo's though."
"Thanks for your call MR. Darwin, the chopper is on its way"
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squatch
Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
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We got a 30 second ride to the parking lot
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evan11
Trad climber
Prior Lake, MN
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this is better than any morning news story. im gonna read this again later with beer in hand for proper entertainment value.
I second this, too good.
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ec
climber
ca
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tinder would just cherry out
'a phrase that only someone with knowledge of marijuana use would use...
Prolly more to the story...
duuuude!
 ec
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Dude, you gotta bail on all that heavy shizz and head for the cave!!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Cragman should try praying. It's the only option he has left, that he hasn't tried.
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scuffy b
climber
Three feet higher
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It's a good thing one of them was familiar with the trails.
Hey, this is a dead end. Should we turn around?
Are you kiddin me? We gotta go cross country in the dark.
Which way is down?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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What a bunch of haters you guys are.
I'm lucky to have survived when one of my Tevas blew out on the trek back from the Mass Production Wall at Red Rocks. I had to ditch my fanny pack. I had to add a second layer of manpris. I burned the guidebook and hunkered down with my spaceblanket.
One thing I would never do, ever, was leave my draws. Oh hell no. No f*#kin way.
Luckily right as the sun was going down some hardmen were coming back from the Trophy and showed me the way out. I guess I had gone around in circles 'cause I only had one sandal.
Be careful out there folks, it could happen to you.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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I'm just glad Cragman made it out, okay, even without ditching his cr and costco goodies. He might be bold enough to climb in the banana belt!
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