https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/l ... n-colorado
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Mr. Brewer.
Does anyone have any info about where the accident info, etc.?
Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
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Phill the Thrill
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Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
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earthtobean
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Re: Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
Another Texan getting a free ride in a chopper.... Hope he had a cosar card at least
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What does a cosar card do?
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robshock_12
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Re: Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
Seriously, a couple weeks ago I posted about my concerns with inexperienced/unprepared flat landers on these peaks. While some agreed with me, others saw it as me just complaining. These are not peaks you should be attempting on your summer vacation, while you are doing nothing to prepare for them the rest of the year. Let’s see how many Texans get sad about these comments...truth is there are way to many of them here, it’s pretty annoying. I’ve worked in the service industry in the mountains and most are rude and entitled.earthtobean wrote:Another Texan getting a free ride in a chopper.... Hope he had a cosar card at least
Re: Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
to my understanding, allows rescue organizations to access more funding. the price goes into a special pool for rescue groups to use. I need to reup my five-year card soon.SchralpTheGnar wrote:What does a cosar card do?
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"I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark—I'm on fire almost—I'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am." from The Things They Carried
"I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark—I'm on fire almost—I'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am." from The Things They Carried
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Re: Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
See "what does it do?" - https://www.coloradosarboard.org/csrb-d ... tSheet.pdfSchralpTheGnar wrote:What does a cosar card do?
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- Joe Stettner
"I haven't climbed Everest, skied to the poles, or sailed single-handed around the world. The goals I set out to accomplish aren't easily measured or quantified by world records or "firsts." The reasons I climb, and the climbs I do, are about more than distance or altitude, they are about breaking barriers within myself."
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LURE
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oh he knows what corsar does. cosar on the other hand... 
Re: Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
So... to what degree does it matter that he is from out of state?robshock_12 wrote:Seriously, a couple weeks ago I posted about my concerns with inexperienced/unprepared flat landers on these peaks. While some agreed with me, others saw it as me just complaining. These are not peaks you should be attempting on your summer vacation, while you are doing nothing to prepare for them the rest of the year. Let’s see how many Texans get sad about these comments...truth is there are way to many of them here, it’s pretty annoying. I’ve worked in the service industry in the mountains and most are rude and entitled.earthtobean wrote:Another Texan getting a free ride in a chopper.... Hope he had a cosar card at least
While I agree that the volume of people on harder peaks is worrisome, somebody getting injured or needing rescue does not automatically mean they're inexperienced. That kind of logic would label Alan Arnette as "inexperienced unprepared." And snide remarks aren't going to reduce the number of people in the high peaks. But kind, patient, friendly outreach and stewardship can help them be safer.
And as for the dig toward Texans...I too have worked in the service industry in the mountains. I disagree on the rude point. Most people are pretty nice if you are nice to them (in the service industry, after all, that IS a lot of what you're getting paid to do). Moreover, Texans (used here to represent mountain tourists in general) largely sustain mountain town economies.
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"The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need – if only we had the eyes to see." -Ed Abbey
"I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark—I'm on fire almost—I'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am." from The Things They Carried
"I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark—I'm on fire almost—I'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am." from The Things They Carried
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Re: Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
earthtobean wrote:Another Texan getting a free ride in a chopper.... Hope he had a cosar card at least
Here we go. There is no mention of the climbers experience. It’s seems like it’s assumed that he’s just some out of stater who should not be on Maroon. He fell. It happens. Some dude from CO Springs fell on Shavano the other day and had to be assisted off the mountain. He was very experienced.
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Blah, blah, blah, whine, blah.robshock_12 wrote: a couple weeks ago I posted about my concerns with inexperienced/unprepared flat landers on these peaks. While some agreed with me, others saw it as me just complaining.
Feet slip, rocks fall, snow slides. In no particular order. Gladbach said it better.
Leave your pitchfork at home. It could be you next.
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rperth
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Re: Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak
Well saidhighpilgrim wrote:Blah, blah, blah, whine, blah.robshock_12 wrote: a couple weeks ago I posted about my concerns with inexperienced/unprepared flat landers on these peaks. While some agreed with me, others saw it as me just complaining.
Feet slip, rocks fall, snow slides. In no particular order. Gladbach said it better.
Leave your pitchfork at home. It could be you next.
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kaiman
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Oh, gotcha! I missed the misspelling in the first post...LURE wrote:oh he knows what corsar does. cosar on the other hand...
"I want to keep the mountains clean of racism, religion and politics. In the mountains this should play no role."
- Joe Stettner
"I haven't climbed Everest, skied to the poles, or sailed single-handed around the world. The goals I set out to accomplish aren't easily measured or quantified by world records or "firsts." The reasons I climb, and the climbs I do, are about more than distance or altitude, they are about breaking barriers within myself."
- Andy Kirkpatrick
- Joe Stettner
"I haven't climbed Everest, skied to the poles, or sailed single-handed around the world. The goals I set out to accomplish aren't easily measured or quantified by world records or "firsts." The reasons I climb, and the climbs I do, are about more than distance or altitude, they are about breaking barriers within myself."
- Andy Kirkpatrick
