@ai6yr have you heard about the 2 Colorado Mountain College students who are missing near West Apostle Mountain/Ice Mountain in Chaffee County?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/students-missing-after-attempting-ice-mountain-hike/ar-AA2gd3DT
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@gabbywheels @cjmoose Holy crap... that's dicey even without snow and ice.
@cjmoose @ai6yr Headline from first post was updated "Missing students found dead together after attempt to hike Ice Mountain"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/students-missing-after-attempting-ice-mountain-hike/ar-AA2gd3DT
@ai6yr @smellsofbikes at least one of them owned a beacon, and it wasn’t located in the car, tent, or their dorm room, but SAR hadn’t been able to locate a signal. Whatever happened, with survival at this point incredibly unlikely, I hope whatever happened took both of them quickly.
@douglasvb @cjmoose Looks like they have infrared and a drone... that is not good news they haven't found them yet. Ice chute, or hypothermia due to conditions/snow.
@ai6yr @cjmoose they probably are meat popsicles now 😬
The mountaineering club got shutdown at my university due to three members dying on Mount Rainier in similar conditions.
https://www.heraldnet.com/2002/05/31/rainier-victims-were-experienced-climbers/
@douglasvb @ai6yr oh wow! That’s tragic! Nothing about Liberty Cap/Liberty Ridge as a climbing destination looks appealing to me. I get why it’s appealing to other people, but there are a lot of places I am more than content to observe from afar. That’s definitely one of them.
@cjmoose @douglasvb That's a lot of snow and ice to deal with....
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without snow...
https://wedostuffnow.blogspot.com/2024/09/apostles-traverse.html
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