Thread: Vibes to the boarders stuck up on Rainier for a second nite...

Snowboarders forced to spend another night on Mount Rainier

Sounds like it will turn out to be an adventure, not a barely survive thing.

Best wishes to them, I bet a night on the mountain after a rain sucked a great deal

Hey its been 6 hours since they were beilived to be a half mile out.

Any news?

Hopefully they were prepared and built a good snow cave to escape the wind. Mt. Rainier can get serious real fast.

It sounds like they either built or found a snow cave to take shelter in - (sounds like they were in contact with rescuers at one point). Hopefully they make it out okay. Big storm was predicted to roll in sunday morning and go through monday so it seems like it didn't sneak up on them.

sounds like an intro to a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They were found today - they're fine.

from the OP's linked article....

"The men were caught off guard by a storm that rolled in with whiteout and blizzard conditions."

Seriously? Off fucking guard? That storm wasn't really a surprise or anything.

It looks like they are okay, but they are lucky. The storm on Sunday had been forecasted since Wednesday. Not sure why they decided to go up.

^^^^ 20 year olds

Originally Posted by Stairmaster

Not sure why they decided to go up.

A lack of imagination?

Originally Posted by Ski to Be

^^^^ 20 year olds

And this.

Originally Posted by Theo-san

They were found today - they're fine.

Good to hear. Now we can mock them for sitting down as a bunch (or is it a gaggle?) in the middle of the good lines and scraping all the snow out of the chutes.

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

A lack of awareness?

FIFY1234

Good to hear,

I suspect they were thinking Storm riding, You know fresh tracks every run,
The whole White out, windy fuckin cold, OHH SHIT WHERE ARE WE! WHERE DO WE GO thing probably did not cross thier minds.

Hey we have all gone out in a storm, right?

I've gone out in a storm before,
but not on the biggest baddest most exposed mountain in the whole northwest,

Originally Posted by Ski to Be

^^^^ 20 year olds

Cause people over 20 don't make poor decisions
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing...?topic=20449.0

Originally Posted by snoqpass

Cause people over 20 don't make poor decisions
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing...?topic=20449.0

Not the same thing at all.

Originally Posted by snoqpass

Cause people over 20 don't make poor decisions
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing...?topic=20449.0

What is implied by the age statement...
[stereotype]Statistically, younger riders lack the experience that would effect their level of awareness and judgement.[/stereotype]

Of course, there are exceptions to the rule.

did they get sponsored though?

I made a lot of reckless decisions at 20. At that age you think you are immortal and take risks that someone older might think twice about. As ACH said there are exceptions to the rule. But to go up the most dangerous mountain in the lower 48 this time of year with a storm approaching that was forecast almost a week in advance is imo reckless. Notice that I did not even throw in that they were snowboarders

Originally Posted by jfost

did they get sponsored though?

Yeah...by these guys:

Originally Posted by irul&ublo

Yeah...by these guys:

That's a little harsh. They didn't exactly do a Polish Traverse and end up amputees.

I heard somewhere during the week they were originally from Indiana? 20 & 21? College here in WA?

Just a combination of youthful exuberance and inexperience?

They're very lucky boys though. Was only this past September that the bodies of the (similar area) missing snow shoe-ers from January were found.

Originally Posted by Stairmaster

It looks like they are okay, but they are lucky. The storm on Sunday had been forecasted since Wednesday. Not sure why they decided to go up.

They obviously can't read or were too stoned to read. After all weed is legal there, right?!

Originally Posted by irul&ublo

Yeah...by these guys:

Exactly!

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