Posted on 11/23/2015 3:05:45 PM PST by BenLurkin
Michael Meyers was found dead shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday, about 11,000 feet up in the mountains in an area of the John Muir Wilderness, according to Deputy Coroner Investigator Jeff Mullenhour.
Meyers, an experienced hiker and climber, was hiking the area by himself. He was due back in Los Angeles on Nov. 11, according to his family.
The UCLA physics student was driving a Dodge SUV, which was discovered Thursday at the Mount Whitney trailhead.
Items belonging to Meyers were found Friday in a recent avalanche debris field near Mount Irvine, the Los Angeles Police Department stated in a brief update to the initial request for help finding the young man. Mount Irvine, at 13,770 feet, is about 2 miles southeast of 14,505-foot Mount Whitney.
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He kept yelling for help going on 4 hours. Eventually other skiers (nordic) in a shelter about 100 yards away heard him and came out looking. They found him and he survived.
The phrase "call for help" operates on many levels. There are satellite based phones and beacons, an ELT for the backcountry is well worth it.
The Artex corporation sells PLB's (Personal Locator Beacons) for backcountry use as an example. Everyone should carry a PIEPS locator beacon as well.
Backcountry survival is a matter of training and preparation.
Ahhhhhh, good times. Nobody lives forever, better enjoy it while you can. When I finally die there will be things I will wish I’d done, but I will only regret a few of the ones I did.
I go alone because my wife can’t take the cold :)
I wouldn't recommend it, though. I used to read many autobiographical adventure stories, and from all the hardships the protagonists overcame and dangers they escaped, I formed the opinion that most things weren't nearly so hard or dangerous as they seemed. I began to consider doing something similar myself. Then suddenly it dawned on me. These books were written by the persons who survived. The ones who don't survive don't write books. :-)
Also the law of diminishing returns is at play here. Someone who hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail once said something to the effect that "After you've seen your first thousand pine trees, the next thousand look pretty much the same." I do hike (more like walk) short distances alone, but usually in areas where the risk isn't very great.
:)
I never trust a braggart.
Of course not, they are all wimps.
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