Edit: this was originally posted by Rod 10/27/09. Ads at the end have been removed.
How somebody can decide if somebody needs help or is in trouble? When I climbed MW in 2007, my buddy and I were passed on the trail at Trail Camp with a couple that were mountain guides from Utah. We passed them again on their way back again in between Trail Crest and the summit. They told me "good job you are practically there, maintain going." When we passed through Trail Camp late at about 7:30 PM a person ran out and asked if there was anybody still up on the trail at the rear of us. We said no and wondered why. The person at TC said a couple came through and said that there was a person "in trouble" on the mountain. We kept on heading down and then I realized that they were speaking about me.They reported to somebody i have been in trouble. I was very slow and tired but far from getting in trouble. however these guides reported to somebody i have been in trouble. I wasn't. I produced it back again down to Outpost where our camp was arranged up without any problems.
So this brings up the query who determines when somebody else is in trouble? How does somebody hold a look at somebody and know what shape they are in? It is an amazingly subjective evaluation even by experienced guides. I would are already very pissed away if as i have been heading down the mountain, i have been met by SAR and told i have been "in trouble" and getting evacuated away the mountain. I am relatively positive SAR would are already pissed if they got to me and I told them i have been fine and did not need any assistance. The exterior indications of someones condition are not that uncomplicated to determine.
I remember getting at Outpost on my main evening there seeing youthful men stumbling, and shuffling down the trail. i have been thinking wow I know I will not resemble that when I am done. I probably looked just like them shuffling down the mountain. So tired and fatiqued doesn't suggest somebody is in trouble.
