re: #485 Justanotherhuman

They’ll continue to look, though.

Officials: 6 climbers feared dead after equipment found at bottom of 3,000-foot drop on Mount Rainier - @NBCNews
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I spent 6 years as the asst. Ops NCO for the Medevac unit at Ft. Lewis Wa. We did a lot of work with the folks from Seattle Mountain Rescue over the years. One problem is that people are getting over confident with things like cell phones and GPS’s, and when things go to shit for them (which can happen very quickly), they are in big trouble.

I’m hoping for the best, but that’s a very bad situation.

RBS