Do you stay or do you go???
Posted: Sep 20 2023 9:32 am
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/us/arizo ... zgUsj9Iu-c
Apparently, they all left. There may be more to this story than meets the eye, but I don't think the story is that inaccurate. When I suffered a traumatic knee injury on a hot, humid day in MN, I literally went into shock and was freezing my pumpkin off 30 minutes after it happened. I would hate to think about being alone with that in the middle of the wilderness because my companions wanted to press on. The only person left behind was the injured party. I just find it difficult to believe that not one other person would stay, at least until help arrived. If everyone wanted to continue the trip so badly, they should have all stayed until the rescue was complete, that way no one who stayed would have to abort their trip, or hike alone to "catch up" with the others.
I've been in this scenario on the other side, but it was a day hike. Some of you were with me. It was a heat exhaustion case on a shuttle hike. We had only been hiking for about 45 minutes when one of our party went down. It took a bit to determine the cause, because it wasn't a hot day, it was still "winter" basically. We got the person cooled down, but knew that it would be reckless for her to continue. She was feeling good enough after a bit, she felt like she could hike back out, but as a group, we decided that she wouldn't be doing it alone. One of our party accompanied her back to the TH, and the rest of us continued. They met us for lunch at the end of the hike and she was fine by then.
What do you think? Would you stay or would you go? I went, but only because my companion was being escorted out and was in very capable hands. But I never would have let her walk back out on her own, I was ok with aborting the entire hike and I think everyone felt the same way. But when one person in our group volunteered to go back with her, the rest of us were also ok with continuing.
Apparently, they all left. There may be more to this story than meets the eye, but I don't think the story is that inaccurate. When I suffered a traumatic knee injury on a hot, humid day in MN, I literally went into shock and was freezing my pumpkin off 30 minutes after it happened. I would hate to think about being alone with that in the middle of the wilderness because my companions wanted to press on. The only person left behind was the injured party. I just find it difficult to believe that not one other person would stay, at least until help arrived. If everyone wanted to continue the trip so badly, they should have all stayed until the rescue was complete, that way no one who stayed would have to abort their trip, or hike alone to "catch up" with the others.
I've been in this scenario on the other side, but it was a day hike. Some of you were with me. It was a heat exhaustion case on a shuttle hike. We had only been hiking for about 45 minutes when one of our party went down. It took a bit to determine the cause, because it wasn't a hot day, it was still "winter" basically. We got the person cooled down, but knew that it would be reckless for her to continue. She was feeling good enough after a bit, she felt like she could hike back out, but as a group, we decided that she wouldn't be doing it alone. One of our party accompanied her back to the TH, and the rest of us continued. They met us for lunch at the end of the hike and she was fine by then.
What do you think? Would you stay or would you go? I went, but only because my companion was being escorted out and was in very capable hands. But I never would have let her walk back out on her own, I was ok with aborting the entire hike and I think everyone felt the same way. But when one person in our group volunteered to go back with her, the rest of us were also ok with continuing.
