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A few decades ago an acquaintance got a new job in Colorado. On the drive there he saw a trail head and he and his dog decided to take a trek. Then the early blizzard started. They found him next spring, but his dog was OK.

Traipsing around a mountain isn't the same thing as taking a walk at a city park.

1 posted on 12/20/2025 4:04:20 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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underprepared visitors are taking more risks and accidents are reaching record highs.

,,, I just got off a phonecall with Greta Thunberg. She said this could only be blamed on climate change.

2 posted on 12/20/2025 4:11:55 PM PST by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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Ping!...........Oh, as I go a wandering, along the mountain path................


3 posted on 12/20/2025 4:12:13 PM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Unless we’re talking about children, women NEVER take responsibility. Whatever happened, it’s the man’s fault. Hell, Phil Donahue made a fortune telling women that men were always at fault.

It’s just the way the world works. You can go all the way back to Adam and Eve where God asked Eve why she bit the fruit and her immediate response is to deflect the blame to Adam. You can look it up.


4 posted on 12/20/2025 4:15:53 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Always spay or neuter your liberal.)
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Play stupid games … Win stupid prizes.

5 posted on 12/20/2025 4:16:39 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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They found him next spring, but his dog was OK.

Well, yeah, the dog had plenty of frozen meat.

6 posted on 12/20/2025 4:22:55 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ( )
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They say that Mount Washington in New Hampshire (6000 ft) is the deadliest mountain in the U.S. and one of the deadliest in the world. The problem it is always one climatic zone colder on top than at the base, it is near densely populated urban areas, New York and Boston, specifically, with a lot of warm meat yearning to be frozen. People start up it on a warm day in October with sneakers and maybe a sweater, get lost and freeze to death. Cell phones have cut down on fatalities, but the New Hampshire authories want to charge people for rescues occasioned by utter recklessness.


7 posted on 12/20/2025 4:28:42 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ( )
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Why didn’t he fashion some sort of sledge and bring her down the mountain with him?


8 posted on 12/20/2025 4:29:19 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)T)
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He probably didn’t have the capability to get her down without her participation. Maybe they could’ve been better prepared with a rescue beacon or something, assuming such things are legal in Austria. Maybe stay and try to look after her. But if there was no other way to get help and he couldn’t get her down, It’s tragic, but it happens. Also, assuming the woman is over 18, she’s an adult, and she made the decision to climb a mountain..

Similar to the rope cutting dilemma


9 posted on 12/20/2025 4:30:57 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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Who the hell tried to climb Austria's highest mountain in January?

33-year-old Kerstin Gurtner and her more experienced boyfriend, 39-year-old Thomas Plamberger attempted a winter ascent of Grossglockner (Austria's highest peak at 12,461 feet via the challenging Stüdlgrat route. They started late on the morning of January 18, 2025, faced extreme conditions (temperatures around -4 F and strong winds), and reached near the summit that night.

Around midnight, Gurtner became severely exhausted and hypothermic, unable to continue. Plamberger left her unprotected about 200 feet below the summit around 2 a.m. on January 19 to descend and seek help. She froze to death overnight, and her body was recovered the next morning.

The couple did not carry substantial survival gear suitable for an unplanned overnight bivouac in extreme winter conditions on Grossglockner. They DID have emergency blankets (aluminum foil rescue blankets) and at least one bivouac sack (a lightweight emergency shelter bag, sometimes described as a "bivouac sleeping bag"); basic climbing equipment (crampons, ice axes, harnesses, rope, headlamps, etc.), and Kerstin used a splitboard with soft snowboard boots (deemed unsuitable by prosecutors).

They did not have proper sleeping bags, stove or cooking equipment, significant food supplies for extended survival (reports focus on inadequate emergency provisions overall).

She's hypothermic, exhausted and he leaves her? He could have carried her down the mountain a bit to get into some trees. Didn't he know you strip down and go skin-to-skin to warm the hypothermic person, get in the bivouac sack and cover yourself with the aluminum survival blanket? Tear off some fir or pine tree boughs and cover yourself in them. You do NOT leave that person behind.


It sounds like he wanted to get rid of her.
10 posted on 12/20/2025 4:31:26 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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If she would have walked out seeking help, and he were found dead, the story would be about her bravery and survival story. She’d probably get a medal and a book deal.


12 posted on 12/20/2025 4:32:14 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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Did he take off with her coat or something?

Because otherwise I am not seeing it.

13 posted on 12/20/2025 4:33:00 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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Incident:

In January 2025, Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner were on an overnight winter ascent of the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain.

Gurtner, who was a novice at high-altitude climbing, became exhausted and hypothermic near the summit. Plamberger reportedly left her to go for help.

Allegations: Prosecutors have charged Plamberger with gross negligent manslaughter, alleging he made several critical errors.

He allegedly failed to make an emergency call for hours, did not signal a passing helicopter, and later put his phone on silent, missing calls from rescue services.

He also allegedly left Gurtner in an exposed spot without using available emergency gear like a bivouac sack or rescue blankets to protect her from the cold.


18 posted on 12/20/2025 4:37:54 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Incident:

In January 2025, Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner were on an overnight winter ascent of the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain.

Gurtner, who was a novice at high-altitude climbing, became exhausted and hypothermic near the summit. Plamberger reportedly left her to go for help.

Allegations: Prosecutors have charged Plamberger with gross negligent manslaughter, alleging he made several critical errors.

He allegedly failed to make an emergency call for hours, did not signal a passing helicopter, and later put his phone on silent, missing calls from rescue services.

He also allegedly left Gurtner in an exposed spot without using available emergency gear like a bivouac sack or rescue blankets to protect her from the cold.


19 posted on 12/20/2025 4:37:54 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Not his fault. He went off to get help, not to abandon her.


23 posted on 12/20/2025 4:47:50 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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A Woman Froze to Death on an Alpine Trek. Is Her Boyfriend to Blame?
Woman is frigid. Yeah, blame the man.
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41 posted on 12/20/2025 5:38:00 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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Do you know when and where in Colorado this happened?


43 posted on 12/20/2025 5:56:17 PM PST by nwrep
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When I was in the Air Force reserves I was at the base for a weekend when a Blizzard hit.

I had just pulled out of the driveway and driven down the road for maybe 30 seconds when suddenly it was a complete whiteout.

It took me nearly 1/2 an hour to find my way back to the driveway that was less than 100 yards away.

If I had left 5 minutes sooner I would have been stuck out in the countryside for six days.


45 posted on 12/20/2025 5:59:56 PM PST by Mr. K (no i think 10%consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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Based on the information in the article, I can't see why the man is responsible.

Should he have stayed and died with her?

Should he have tried to drag her behind him?

And anyway, the woman was an adult. She made the decision to go on that dangerous adventure. If she was unprepared, it's her fault, not his.

55 posted on 12/20/2025 6:42:43 PM PST by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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Was she nagging him?


60 posted on 12/20/2025 7:12:17 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Same thing probably happened to Ötzi and his girlfriend except the other way around. She left him to go get help.


72 posted on 12/20/2025 9:25:48 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's called the "Statue of Liberty" and not the "Statue of Security." )
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