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froody:
froody:
I cannot stand the kind of motherfuckers who do extreme solo hikes, no GPS, just a 20-40 year old straight white man with overconfidence in rugged terrain with minimal gear. Why should we pay millions of dollars in search and rescue resources so you can fuck around and find out?
They should make you sign a waiver of personal responsibility if you want to go hiking in a national or state park alone with no gear.
“Denali’s Howl” was written by Andy Hall, about the disappearance and death of 7 climbers on Denali, in Alaska. Hall’s father was the superintendent of the park in 1967 when the event happened.
This is his description of the aftermath. This is after all seven missing men were confirmed dead. This was no longer a rescue mission. It was body retrieval.
(Image description: a book page with the following text:
After Babcock made it clear that the MCA team wouldn’t be returning to the upper mountain again, Elmer Luchterhand, overcome with grief and a feeling of helpless desperation, demanded my father find someone else to go. My father tried to reason with him, but he would have none of it.
“Send the Air Force!”
“I don’t have that authority.”
“Then send the army!”
“I can’t do that. ”
“I don’t care who you send. Send somebody- I want my son!”
Then my father asked a question that Elmer Luchterhand could not answer.
“Whose son should I send?”
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(via meatiermeatball)