The video is a little long but it explains the why, where, what, and the mistakes that were made early on. It shows the rescue and the text stream with the Garmin InReach. He also points out that the lag time from sending to receiving a reply was around 6 minutes.

The Harbor Freight review disclaimer, this video early on has a four letter word in it that is not TOOL. The rest of it is mild mannered and sedate, but be warned.

Here is the link to the video,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQStUhOzjY

I summited Mt Whitney for the first time this August 11. I'd never try it in October or any 14er in October. That is not smart, imo.

This group should have demanded (or taken him) David go back down (not stay put) immediately at his first indication of altitude illness (first time he vomited or earlier since I skipped over some). The group put their wishes of a summit over their friends obvious signs of altitude illness. Yipes.