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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:15 PM Original message |
Oakland climber found dead on Mount Shasta |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. How unfortunate. n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. HACE |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Also HAPE. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yep- but this one apparently came on and killed very quickly |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Awful young, but I can think of worse ways to go. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. I had no idea that high altitude could cause death |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. sure can. AMS can hit anyone, at any time. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. I got altitude sickness with nausea and headache on a too-rapid ascent |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why would anyone, in the dead of winter, go climbing Mt Shasta is beyond me. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well, the end of March is not "the dead of winter" in the PNW. And snow climbing |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Well, they were forecasting a blizzard in two days before they left. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I climbed (well, more like slogged) up Mt Fuji about 15 years ago... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. it is a stupid idea |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Can you say DUMB AS ROCKS - I certainly can... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. I blame The Lizard People. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. One of my work mates knows him and his fiancee. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. More details |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. John Muir had poor luck climbing Mt. Shasta as well |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ahh yes - go hiking IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER for the "thrill" of it. |
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