successful Mt Flora snowshoer rescue May 17

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successful Mt Flora snowshoer rescue May 17

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Mt. Flora is a 13er near Berthoud Pass.
Current late winter conditions challenging for even experienced hikers.
http://kdvr.com/2015/05/17/littleton-sn ... icy-ledge/
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Re: successful Mt Flora snowshoer rescue May 17

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Thankfully he is alright. I'm planning on heading up to Quandary this week and reading this news story makes me think twice.
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"Frozen ledge" = cornice? Come on, media!
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He seems fine in the video; wondering why he just didn't walk back to the car....
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Yikes wrote:He seems fine in the video; wondering why he just didn't walk back to the car....
If he started at Berthoud Pass and walked off a cornice, he likely fell onto the east side of the mountain. In whiteout conditions, it was probably impossible to find a way back up and over.
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AlexeyD wrote:"Frozen ledge" = cornice? Come on, media!
Yeah, that's kind of a disappointing error. Seems like there's a stupid mistake like this every time a mountain mishap reaches the news. Part of reporting a story involves research. You'd think that someone on the "behind the scenes" staff, especially in Colorado, would prevent inaccuracies like this from reaching the final story. I suppose in the end, with all that's going on in the national news and local community, a calculation is made that stories and accounts of mountain-climbing isn't really that important. I suppose they are right in that assessment.
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