He survived stormy weather and multiple falls after reaching a Colorado mountain summit on his own.

A hiker was rescued from a mountain in the US state of Colorado after being apparently left behind the previous day by his colleagues during an office retreat.

The unnamed man got lost and found himself without phone signal after being left by colleagues who went ahead without him, the Chaffee County Search and Rescue team said.

He endured stormy weather and multiple falls before being found in a “large search effort” the next morning. He was stabilised and taken to hospital, but there has been no further update on his condition.

  • @stoly
    -7•3 months ago

    This is definitely a story of someone who had no idea what they were doing, had no experience with nature, and just didn’t care. He barely survived his own ignorance.

    • Drusas
      8•3 months ago

      This is definitely a comment from someone who didn’t read the article.

      This was an office retreat. It’s the company’s job to make sure everybody is safe. For all we know, this guy didn’t want to be there to begin with.

      • @stoly
        -9•3 months ago

        I read the article, apparently better than you. Idiots separated himself from the group, went the wrong way, and wouldn’t listen to others who warned him. He did this to himself specifically because he’s an idiot. See how that works?

        Don’t project your own life onto a random internet article.

        • @ripcord
          5•3 months ago

          That’s…Not what the article said.

          • @stoly
            -3•3 months ago

            Concerned, he sent a pin drop to colleagues, who are said to have told him that he was on the wrong route, and suggested that climb back up to regain the trail.

            He went off on his own the wrong way.

            • @ripcord
              6•3 months ago

              In their statement, officials said the hiker was left to reach the summit on his own

              It implies that they left him.

              Also, it says that they appeared to have removed the trail markers.

              It also does not say that he ignored the advice you quoted.

              • @stoly
                -8•3 months ago

                It’s weird how oppositional you’re being. Do you think these events happened in a vacuum?

                Here’s what went down:

                The group went out. Dude went up until hill by himself. Dude got lost. Dude is an adult and responsible for his own actions. The group returned home as originally planned.

                • @ElectricTromboneEnglish
                  5•3 months ago

                  Wrong. They were in a group. Then he needed to stop. They left him on his own to make the summit. Someone should have stayed with him. They failed him.

        • @Avatar_of_SelfEnglish
          4•3 months ago

          The unnamed man got lost and found himself without phone signal after being left by colleagues who went ahead without him, the Chaffee County Search and Rescue team said.

          In their statement, officials said the hiker was left to reach the summit on his own at about 11:30 local time (17:30 GMT).

          From another article:

          “In what might cause some awkward encounters at the office in the coming days and weeks, one member of their party was left to complete his final summit push alone,” search and rescue officials said.

          They left him behind.

          In response to him “not listening” about being on the wrong trail:

          Shortly after sending them a second message, a strong storm passed through the area, bringing “high winds and freezing rain” and leaving him without a signal.

          From the other article:

          The abandoned hiker finally reached the correct trail around 3:30 p.m. and texted his coworkers that he was back on course when a strong storm passed through the area with freezing rains and high winds, pushing him back off course and causing him to lose his cell phone signal, search and rescue officials said.