Originally Posted By: clearwater
When the woman was found, she was comatose, responding only to a
sternal rub. It was sleeting with wind gusts nearby recorded at
100 MPH. She was wearing a Goretex coat, pile jacket, t shirt
and nylon wind pants. Had a large pack full of backpacking gear
nearby.
Ouch. That's really sad. Sounds like they were at least somewhat prepared. Susan, you're 100% right -- hole up while you're still in good enough shape that you can.

I wish we knew more details. Perhaps they were in a steep area that would have been very difficult to set up a shelter in? Perhaps they were pushing to get into a more sheltered place? In any event, it's a really unfortunate occurance.

What is it that they say in mountaineering training? "The mountain is neither good nor evil. The mountain simply does not care." Something like that.

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