Wedge Mountain (Whistler) fall

[bennymac]

Good on this guy for putting this out there for consumption

https://tareef.tech/blog/wedge-mountain/

There is helmet cam footage from his partner going down that chute but I’m not sure how to post it here

[toastybroski]

That was a good read. Where is the footage of him going down that chute? Looks crazy.

[bennymac]

A friend local to the area sent it to me in a text. I’ll post it if you tell me how. It’s not as crazy as video of the falling guy woulda been.

[grinch]

Wtf im scratching my head why they dropped in there. It says they went to far on the ridge and it looks like they didnt go far enough. The main chute looks relatively ez to see from top

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[bennymac]

They were on the descent (they had already summited) and went too far down (left to right). Then they tried to find a shortcut back into where they intended to go. Hunger, fatigue, feeling rushed cause of warming temps etc

[grinch]

They were on the descent (they had already summited) and went too far down (left to right). Then they tried to find a shortcut back into where they intended to go. Hunger, fatigue, feeling rushed cause of warming temps etc

Ah ok. Still , get the line from the top. Aesthetics.... and living

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[LeeLau]

Wtf im scratching my head why they dropped in there. It says they went to far on the ridge and it looks like they didnt go far enough. The main chute looks relatively ez to see from top

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Massive failure of basic navigation. Beginner with beginner.

[bennymac]

Even if that guy held his edge on dropping in there was no way they were making it over to where they wanted to go.

He is so incredibly lucky to have bounced on snow rather than bare rock. Darwin was busy elsewhere that day.

[grinch]

Massive failure of basic navigation. Beginner with beginner.

Ya eh. Just amazing they can navigate all the way up there and then when navigating really counts it's a major fail

Even if that guy held his edge on dropping in there was no way they were making it over to where they wanted to go.

He is so incredibly lucky to have bounced on snow rather than bare rock. Darwin was busy elsewhere that day.

Sooo friggin lucky. Mustve had some serious karma built up

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[jackattack]

Wedge Mountain (Whistler) fall

slips, trips, and falls belong in the slide zone now?

is this categorization a metaphor for poor navigation?

[Boissal]

Ya eh. Just amazing they can navigate all the way up there and then when navigating really counts it's a major failSooo friggin lucky. Mustve had some serious karma built up

Agreed, seems wild to wander on the glacier in the dark without falling in a hole then miss the entrance to a massive couloir and sneak onto some hideous ramp in the sky instead. Maybe there's a massive cornice up there that isn't visible on the pictures? The couloir looks so big that some alarm should have gone off when dude couldn't see the bottom and the ramp he was on ended after a few 100'...
I've dropped into the wrong line before but it's never looked that obvious after the facts.

Regardless, dude expanded every bit of luck he'll ever have in 15 seconds, props to him for not dying!

[LeeLau]

There's no cornice overhanging the couloir. The couloir can be seen from the highway and on approach. It's roughly 20m wide

[bennymac]

slips, trips, and falls belong in the slide zone now?

is this categorization a metaphor for poor navigation?

FACT: They both did some sliding

[ironhippy]

I'm shocked at the effort it took them to get where they were and then there is this comment:

The wait was unfortunately very long, 3-4 hours.

3 - 4 hours seems incredibly quick to me

[miserywhip]

I'm shocked at the effort it took them to get where they were and then there is this comment:



3 - 4 hours seems incredibly quick to me

How about the line that if he'd had some inflatable splints they might have been able to get out on their own?