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Good on this guy for putting this out there for consumption
https://tareef.tech/blog/wedge-mountain/
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There is helmet cam footage from his partner going down that chute but I’m not sure how to post it here
That was a good read. Where is the footage of him going down that chute? Looks crazy.
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.
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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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 livingQuote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
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Massive failure of basic navigation. Beginner with beginner.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
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.
Ya eh. Just amazing they can navigate all the way up there and then when navigating really counts it's a major failQuote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
Sooo friggin lucky. Mustve had some serious karma built upQuote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
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slips, trips, and falls belong in the slide zone now?
is this categorization a metaphor for poor navigation?
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'...Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
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!
There's no cornice overhanging the couloir. The couloir can be seen from the highway and on approach. It's roughly 20m wide
FACT: They both did some slidingQuote:
Originally Posted by jackattack
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 meQuote:
The wait was unfortunately very long, 3-4 hours.
How about the line that if he'd had some inflatable splints they might have been able to get out on their own?Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhippy
I'll always regret not skiing this with friends years ago, but I was too tired. When I saw their video from that day, one was a tiny dot skiing in the massive couloir - it is much bigger than it looks from the road.
If you can't find that big of an entrance and fall off a massive 300? 400? cliff instead - might be time to realize ski mountaineering is not your forte and quit.
This could have been so much worse and seems like almost a miracle it wasn't. First post on his blog that mentions ski mountaineering is from May 2022 and he talks about new gear.
guess he was gonna just ignore the pain and disability from his fractured pelvis :)Quote:
Originally Posted by miserywhip
A great example of why you should climb the line you intend to ski.
To be fair, no being able to find the entrance is reason #13 why you should do that, not really top of the list... Unless you're skiing very weird shit or have done 0 homework it's usually straightforward to get in from the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by raisingarizona13
South Coast Touring gonna South Coast Tour.
The snowboarder also seriously lucky to avoid major injuries. Not sure what his plan was either. Have the video. DM me with your phone number and i can share. Supposedly looking for more partners a two days later.
So what peaks you guys gonna tag?Quote:
Originally Posted by nortonwhis
Wedge is the biggest mountain around here so maybe we go buttslide some Tantalus spines as they are the most dramatic for the gram. Might be harder to get GPS tracks to fuck it up there though.
It's been covered, but relying on a phone and/or watch for navigation scares the hell out of me.
If you handed him a map and compass up on that ridge I wonder the odds whether he could triangulate his position and realize he was too low?
Prolly pretty low is my guess.
So lucky, but I hope lessons were learned and he will work to improve his navigational skills!
This thing is they *knew* they were too low.
But they were too tired, hungry, rushed, dumb to turn around and climb back up (or come up with another plan) - instead they were looking for a shortcut.
A shortcut that, even if he didn’t eat shit and fall, was not gonna allow them to access where they wanted to go. If you look at the photo at where they entered and then look at what they woulda needed to navigate/traverse they probably woulda had an even higher chance of death had they tried going that way.
Even a map and compass and skills to use them were not gonna save these guys from themselves.
He'll have some time go think about his route finding now. He may consider ski touring isnt for everyone. Painful lesson. Hope it isnt too life altering
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Best case scenario is that this guy is fucked for a couple years. Reading his comments post incident he’s still ignorant of the consequence. Needs to be out of the mountains for a couple years, otherwise the next SAR call is gonna his body.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
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I guess the old saying "if youre dumb you better be tough" definitely has its limitsQuote:
Originally Posted by Maximus Farcisimus
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From the Whistler thread comes a previous TR from the guy who took this big fall on wedge:
https://tareef.tech/blog/metal-dome/
While the report is fairly dull there are definitely some revealing thoughts from the guy and a significant plot twist at the end that demonstrates how he thinks and operates in the backcountry
He must have SAR on speed dial. 10 bucks says he asked if they could bring pizza
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Yes to huge nav failure, but I don't think I'd call the guy a beginner (obviously it's all relative, but...)--took a quick glance at his blog thing and it looks like he's been at this for a little while (a couple of years?) and has at least been out there a number of times (not sure if he's blogged about all his attempts, but there are at least a dozen trips he's documented, I think). It would sort of be better if he were more of a beginner because you'd assume that he would make progress...Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
While I can relate to the effects of fatigue and rushing on decision making, I still have trouble understanding how he came to be in that situation on Wedge. He was guessing at a non-existent shortcut? Not really the place to be messing around with that, IMO, regardless of fatigue/time pressure.
Yeah, definitely makes the guy seem like a loose cannon. That one is almost as crazy, but for very different reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
Maybe I missed it, but what do we think the vertical on his fall was? I'm thinking 120 feet minimum.
edit: looked again and he thinks his total was 150m. If that's right, then based on the photo you have to think it was a 75m drop...over 240 feet.
I also really don't understand what caused him to fall in the first place...he said the snow was 'unsupportive' and he 'failed to get an edge.' I wonder if he just means he punched through the snow and fell over. I just can't figure it out between the description and the photos.
This guy is unrepentantly bonkers. How many more SARs calls will he be able to make before he inevitable dies? Just wow
The friend throwing up from bonking
leading to the hair trigger SAR call
then going out for dinner after
then asking someone to drive him back to his vehicle (jeep brand at that)
Is this some elaborate troll? Performance art?
I wouldn't blame him if he doesn't, but I hope Logan signs his cast.
I think he had to literally drop/jump down onto the pitch and fell as soon as he landed and then slid/tumbled down to the cliff. Assume he was surprised by the snow conditions or something? Dunno if they had rope to get down and test it or what. The whole thing is just mind boggling. Just saw the video of the snowboarder descending (thanks Norton) and wow that was also sketchy as fuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki
He said he started touring in 2022 but has been skiing a long time. Doesn’t seem like a highly skilled skier from what I’ve seen. He seems to have gotten out a ton but less than a year of experience and tackling complex objectives with people he’s meeting off Facebook groups inside of a year of starting is insane to me.
Where’s the snowboarder video?
Yeah, well, like I said between the photos and his description I just can't figure out how he initially fell. Looked like he might have had to drop a few feet to land on that slope. The unsupportive and not getting an edge thing...again, my guess is that he punched through and then fell over, more or less. Doesn't really matter, but I did take a good look at the photo and had trouble imagining getting into trouble the way he did...'failed to get an edge,' weird IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by gramboh
Yes, insane, but we know he's off the wall--I'd really have questions for his partners. Although I guess crazy attracts crazy.Quote:
He said he started touring in 2022 but has been skiing a long time. Doesn’t seem like a highly skilled skier from what I’ve seen. He seems to have gotten out a ton but less than a year of experience and tackling complex objectives with people he’s meeting off Facebook groups inside of a year of starting is insane to me.
Not sure if this has been posted re the Wedge Fail
https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/lo...untain-6849222
Per another FB group (SW BC Peakbaggers) trip partner of blog author intends to remedy Wedge fail by getting a drone
Can the drone carry him so he no longer has to rely on SAR air support?