First May the LOARD help the families and people involved through their time of need, grief and struggles. He and he alone knows their need and can fill them.
Second I would like a run down of what went wrong so myself and others can learn from their mistakes. I live in Indiana. Walk 5 miles in a line and you will likely hit a road. We dont have the weather, terrain or Animals let alone large tracks of wilderness. Simple things i would not even think about can kill me so always try to learn from a tragedy.
Little to no details are released yet. I know how my buddies daughter takes these types of recoveries very hard, so passed on calling her. I can’t speak about these two young men. But extremely common for dehydration, exhaustion, and hypothermia. I’ve seen people get altitude sickness on day two or three of a trip and they are in serious shape. We commonly are out second season rifle and most don’t understand temperature swings of single digits to 70s. Add in sweating and underprepared for a 40 degree drop in temps.
I am so grateful for a guy who helped me one night get out. I relied on my phone and OnX taking a different route out through dark woods (dense pines) canopy and snow killed my signal. Unexpectedly ran into cliffs and deadfall and an extra 1500’ elevation change when I missed my desired route. Anyways, I honestly thought death was coming. I knew snow was coming, temps dropping, more than drenched in sweat, hyper ventilation, and leg severe cramps. From nowhere, a guy stepped up to me, took my back packed and talked my up the last 400-500 feet of elevation up to his camp and a forestry road. Shortly after, buddy came on the atv to get me. Could have easily sat down to take a break and doze off. Had I done that, surely would have froze to death
I hope it wasn't some type of foul play. I haven't heard the cause yet.
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