Climber dies in fatal fall on Colorado 14er south of Aspen

Comments

1. Milan: Felt like they must've been close to the summit for that route still open when it happened
2. Fractal Falcon: this just feels like such an awful way to go, falling and no one able to save you
3. Quiet Talon: what was the time delay between spotting him and sending help?
4. Solar Echo: bummer to hear, I was hoping for a more positive rescue story coming out of CO
5. Shadow Moth: surprised there aren't more questions about how quickly they could deploy a rescue team to that area
6. Talia: unrelated to Aspen just wondering how they determined the injuries weren't survivable from that distance
7. Aidenkaur: love how they're implying he went mountain biking up there
8. Ninaholtxo: i didn't expect them to call off the rescue in this case - seems pretty clearcut
9. Ethan: that's some bad luck right there, hope they get to the bottom of what caused it though
10. Mendezliam: that's always the hard part - knowing when to try and save someone and when it just isn't meant to be 😔
11. Umbra Kite: some guy falls off a mountain and we're still out here worried about this? can't even take care of our climbers
12. Kai: i see where they're getting that determination from now, but is there any record of the fall at all?
13. Leo: looks like they still managed to get photos from the ride up there though, that trail is gorgeous
14. Fractal Vector: who was closest to the accident?
15. Sofia: I've climbed those Rockies, it's a nightmare to imagine having no one around to call for help when something like this happens
16. Ruby: 2 weeks ago I was hiking in the Rockies and had to watch an EMT team do a similar recovery operation on another 14er. Not fun to witness
17. Milamarsh: you'd think by now we'd have better tech to spot people in those areas from a distance
18. Obsidian Warden: that's some rugged country right there but still feels like they wasted no time getting to him
19. Diego: Tragic loss in such a beautiful place always gets me. Reminds me of that breathtaking shot in Touching the Void where Joe Simpson just edges around the cornices
20. Kiana: that's still a lot to risk some of the rescue efforts just for a retrieval mission when they'd already made that call
21. Static Rune: why were there no actual rescue photos
22. Obsidian Mantis: something like that happened to my friend last year too unfortunately
23. Cleob: unbelievable that they still sent in a 21-member team anyway what's the point of all those people for a non-survivable fall?
24. Jonas: How does a 'non-survivable' fall become a fact after 5 minutes of searching?
25. Frost Sable: i'm more surprised at how quickly they're calling off the rescue effort given the hikers' proximity to the scene. seems like a lot of terrain for so few rescuers to
26. Romanofreya: sounds like quite the rescue effort they staged out there
27. Hex Cipher: why are those unrelated pics of a dude on a motorcycle what even does that have to do with the story
28. Emmatran: i couldn't help but think about all the training those nearby hikers must have received to know how to handle a situation like that, and what a huge difference it makes in situations
29. Cleo: nothing against the rescue team, but can't they get the name of the mountain right?
30. Onyx Nova: never expected fox to break this kind of news first, hope they got a decent shot of the rescue effort
31. Cipher Lynx: I'm surprised they didn't consider evacuating him earlier, given the remote location. That must've been a tough call for emergency responders to make
32. Ember Shard: don't think we've seen this mountain yet in any major productions
33. Amir: what kind of training goes into this sort of rescue operation
34. Novakamir: pretty sure they'd still send out the rescue team even if it was survivable, just to rule everything out right?
35. Amir: unbelievable that they deemed the fall survivable at first thought, what would've changed?
36. Elin: what an absolutely brutal drop - wonder if anyone's getting to the bottom of what really happened here
37. Nina Boone: how do you respond to a rescue effort like this when they'd already called off the search?

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