Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
A
few years ago, my wife and I started down Grandview planning on coming out SK 7
days later.
Well,
early May, that year, was A LOT hotter...
Ken 2014-06-08 07:29:48 #76099
Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
Another excerpt from my
memoirs
GC - Tuckup €“ Stairway
Loop €“ 2002 (George...
Don Mattox 2014-06-08 06:39:12 #76098
Re: Wilderness Rescue/Medicine Ethics in the Grand Canyon?!?!
The first 10 -
15 years of my hiking in the Grand Canyon was mostly from the
North Rim. We seldom met anyone so I...
Don Mattox 2014-06-08 06:02:40 #76097
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
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