I?m Tired Of Hearing About The Missing Mt. Hood ClimbersYup; me too.
AN example of terminal stupidity on their part.
Didn't even bring along a proper communications device (2-way radio).
Something as basic even such as an FRS radio - that would have fantastic range on an 'open path' down the mountain or to rescue aircraft let alone a 2 Meter handheld or even a single channel 121.5 MHz rescue beacon transceiver ...
Instead, these clowns bring a cellular telephone!
Do you know what these things (cell phones) do when they can't find a sig (signaling channel)? They go off and continually search for a sig instead of practicing the usual battery conservation routines that allow these phones to be powered-up for several days without a recharge.
But take one one of those phones out-of-the-city where cellular infrastructure is slim-to-none-existant and the phone may suck a battery down in a day looking for a non-extistant signaling channel ...
Where did you see/read that they didn't have a two way radio with them?