He lived nearby and had been hiking that area for decades, though. And he was a VERY experienced hiker who had hiked all over the world.
As someone upthread mentioned, he should have had a personal locator beacon. You can get a good one for like $500 which wouldn’t have been as much money to him as it is to me.
It’s also questionable if he should have set out that day. No one seems to be in agreement if the worsening conditions up there were known yet or not. But they had avalanches which is most likely why he got lost and stranded. And it’s also why search efforts weren’t as intense or sustained as usual.
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As someone upthread mentioned, he should have had a personal locator beacon. You can get a good one for like $500 which wouldn’t have been as much money to him as it is to me.
It’s also questionable if he should have set out that day. No one seems to be in agreement if the worsening conditions up there were known yet or not. But they had avalanches which is most likely why he got lost and stranded. And it’s also why search efforts weren’t as intense or sustained as usual.