Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand ...
This is a very interesting discussion. Most of the GC hikes we have done, contact with rafters was unlikely, since we went during good hiking...
jastcaird 2014-06-08 01:21:01 #76096

Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
This sure sounds like compromised safety to me:"We were dehydrated, we weren 't thinking clearly anymore ... I now know what heat exhaustion feels like. I...
johngeyles 2014-06-07 23:51:44 #76095

Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
Memories of your Escalante route come to mind:" We arrived at the obstacle below Papago Slide, the point of decision. I looked around and saw that there was a...
tricks114 2014-06-07 22:51:16 #76094

Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
The bad luck and screw-ups and the potential for suffering if not disaster were intricate on this one. We were lucky to get through it all in pretty good...
jan_swafford 2014-06-07 21:25:47 #76093

Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
Damn, this yahoo group software is lame. I had just typed in a couple of long paragraphs and it just disappeared. And I've frequently had the experience...
johngeyles 2014-06-07 15:25:35 #76092

Re: Lame folks at Toltec Beach!
Johngeyles wrote:"So what should you have done ? It's easy to say that you should have said, as early as at Toltec beach, "tough shit, you're on your...
driftersmith 2014-06-07 13:06:42 #76091

Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
Dang, TWW, you scooped me on this one. I'm the J of J&N, and I hadn't decided whether or not to write a report of this hike--because it's a leeetle...
jan_swafford 2014-06-07 11:44:52 #76090

Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
Holy cow, what a horrifying story. Glad everyone made it out safely ! Commendations to you for being good samaritans.I guess we'd all like to think we'd...
johngeyles 2014-06-07 11:30:59 #76089

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