A picture of the actual dog and the area where the man fell.
Sad. I can see how this could happen. It would be super hard to walk away and it would be super easy to over-estimate your own ability to climb down and rescue the pet you love.
The one redeeming this is that where this poor man lived in California he’ll have eternal life as a Democrat voter.
Even at 11;30am, the morning dew probably left that area slicked down with water. You can forget just how high you are if you’re only looking at the area around you. Sad situation.
I can't put my finger on exactly why, but something bothers me about the use of "as many as" in this context.
Dumshit left his dog off leash in that terrain? Hope the dog is all right.
Good on you buddy. God is smiling upon you. You are the best for your huge heart and caring. RIP.
While a California Highway Patrol helicopter lifted firefighters and the man’s body from the area, his family members arrived to retrieve the dogs and console one another, clearly devastated by what had happened.
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I only clicked to see if the dog is OK.
Poor man and his family
IT’S A DOG
Reminds me of the cliche’ of calling the fire department to get a cat out of a tree.
I’ve never seen a cat skeleton up in a tree, apparently when they get thirsty enough they figure out how to get down on their own.
Sad. RIP.
As a young teen, I climbed all over quartzite cliffs above my parents’ place out in the country at the foot of a mountain in NC, with my dogs. They were more adept at clambering around than I was, fortunately, after initially doing that dog “hit the ground, don’t move” thing after seeing the height. They got over it. Cool caves in the cliff face, I camped out there with friends several times, once in a snowstorm.
We never went to the highest part, which was at least 500 ft if not higher, we stuck to the 50 - 100 ft ones, but I did nearly have to be rescued once myself, climbing down to a ledge from above. That was far simpler than climbing back up, the cliff face looked vertical going down but leaned out in actuality. I stayed on that ledge for what seemed like hours before I figured out hand holds and foot holds to get out of there. The dogs were too sensible, they were whining at me from above, looking down and waiting.
Not a good idea to be doing that in wet weather either, I discovered. If it weren’t for a clump of mountain laurel I’d have gone over the edge at one point, very slippery.
RIP, he did it out of love and a sense of responsibility. It’s far too easy to have a day of fun turn tragic. Prayers for his loved ones and I’m sure his dog knows too. Sad all around.
Wow, I lived in the Sunset District of San Francisco for 14 years. Been to Daley City many, many, many times, but had no idea there were any cliffs or dropoffs or just really steep inclines that were 500 feet high... Yeah, I'd be inclined to go after my dog, too. And if you didn't know there was an abyss there waiting for you, or if it were dark or something, you could get in trouble real fast, particularly with it being covered with that iceplant crap. Sad for this poor guy and his pooch.
That dog was probably the old guy’s best friend. Totally loving and accepting, no matter what, always. Better than most all people.
Back-country rescues in Montana:
http://www.45pr.com/D.%20Sine_EMS%20and%20the%20Back%20Country.pdf
Especially great kudos to Two Bear Air! (http://www.twobearair.org)
The moral to this story:
Folks fall/slip/tumble.