John Ladd posted this afternoon that he hopes to post his writeup by mid-week.

A few years ago I was hiking with Bob R, and we came upon a "day" hiker who had been out on the trail about 36 hours. He reported his back "went out" at or near the summit, and he was struggling down slowly. I offered him one (or maybe it was two) Vicodin tablets, and he was really happy to accept it.

He made it down safely on his own. The pain meds helped.