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Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 25 2017 9:06 am
by joebartels
Lead Anchor HAZ_Hikebot wrote:Mathias Steinhuber was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with his girlfriend and friend Carla Elvidge.
The avid hikers were hiking from Donner Summit to Squaw Valley ahead of friends and had reached the top of the bare ( no pun intended ) peak Tinkers Knob.
His shoes, clothes, including his underwear, were ripped from his body. The lightning bolt burned a hole through one of his shoes. Steinhuber had major burns throughout his body when rescued Tuesday. As of Thursday he was in fair condition.
Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 25 2017 9:16 am
by skatchkins
I'm seeing a related Steve Martin/Jerk can moment. The lightning hates clothes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRM3lFRwRI
And a new photoset category: nakedstormchasing
Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 25 2017 9:50 am
by chumley
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Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 25 2017 12:57 pm
by Hansenaz
Ruined a perfectly good pair of shoes.
Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 25 2017 4:03 pm
by tdwood
Best getting-naked-in-the-wilderness story ever!
Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 25 2017 9:48 pm
by amy1300
Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 28 2017 2:51 pm
by neilends
Yikes.
I have a friend who got struck by lightning while hiking in Utah, when he was in his early 20s. No one knows if he was literally struck or whether it hit the ground close to him. Either way, he gets to say that he was struck.
He woke up in the dead of night since he'd passed out, alone. He's in his 40s now and still has bad headaches from the strike.
Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 28 2017 3:55 pm
by RowdyandMe
Never wear loose fitting clothes when hiking
Re: Sierra hiker clothes blasted off by lightning strike
Posted: Aug 29 2017 8:21 pm
by big_load
"Lightning. Yeah, it was lightning" - my response in the (hopefully) unlikely event of being apprehended without clothes on.