I spent too long at the summit of a 14er in Colorado and had to hustle down the mountain ahead of a storm. I can’t remember experiencing anything so loud as that lightning, it was like multiple cannons firing off right behind me. A hiker about 10 min behind me was blasted off the trail by a lightning strike and another group behind him found the guy because his dog went down to him and started barking.
I got to the trailhead soaked and freezing. About 30 min later the group behind me arrived carrying the guy with a head wound and they relayed what had happened. Guy didn’t remember getting stuck, just waking up in a small ravine with his dog and hearing people calling for him.
Scary stuff.
“I can’t remember experiencing anything so loud as that lightning”
I had a lightning strike about 40 feet in front of me. I was deaf and blind for a pretty good while. It split a Hickory tree right down the middle. I made benches out of the tree.
LUCKY HE HAD THE DOG