peakbagger
In Rembrance , July 2024
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131223/NEWS07/131229757
It was quite wet and drizzy in Gorham on Saturday with a low overcast. Not sure what was going on at the summits. The temps remained high until Sunday AM but winds did crank up overnight. It would speculate it was great condtions for hypothermia as all their gear would be wet, with some wind to speed cooling.
One of the reports indicate they used a Spot and that rescuers had no info on who or why the Spot was activated, just a position fix. That appears to be one advantage with a PLB that the units have to be registered to someone, but I don't think it would have changed the response.
I would speculate that it was a previously planned trip and the party got here and decided that "what the heck we are here, might as well go for a hike and we will turn back if the weather gets worse".
I will let others debate if the Spot served as a crutch to encourage them to do a hike that they normally wouldn't do.
It was quite wet and drizzy in Gorham on Saturday with a low overcast. Not sure what was going on at the summits. The temps remained high until Sunday AM but winds did crank up overnight. It would speculate it was great condtions for hypothermia as all their gear would be wet, with some wind to speed cooling.
One of the reports indicate they used a Spot and that rescuers had no info on who or why the Spot was activated, just a position fix. That appears to be one advantage with a PLB that the units have to be registered to someone, but I don't think it would have changed the response.
I would speculate that it was a previously planned trip and the party got here and decided that "what the heck we are here, might as well go for a hike and we will turn back if the weather gets worse".
I will let others debate if the Spot served as a crutch to encourage them to do a hike that they normally wouldn't do.