Skyline Rescue 5/23

[cynthia23]

Unbelievable. Sad. Infuriating. I can't even think of enough words. No one but very experienced regulars--meaning the half a dozen folks who do it every few weeks, twenty or more times a year--should even be thinking of attempting Skyline right now. Conditions are dreadful, extremely dangerous.

Thank for you the update NeverWas. We'll all be anxious to read the RMRU report of course.

Without the RMRU there would be a lot of dead people on that trail.

[PAW204]

RMRU does a great job, but some credit should be given to the State Park as well.

[bluerail]

I agree the state park people put in so much time pulling people off that trail, over and over again. Many people owe them a huge debt of gratitude. .Honestly i'd think it must be frustrating for them.

I know I really appreciate you guys being there.

[cynthia23]

Yeah, absolutely. The State Park employees and also some tram employees deserve major kudos as well. Some of them have done Skyline rescues, etc that are way outside their job descriptions, and on their own time.

[Florian]

KMIR TV just reported two hikers rescued above (?) the tramway adding they had been hiking for 15 hours and out of water for 6 hours. I'm assuming this was the same Skyline rescue.

-Florian