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.

  • @andrewta
    15•3 months ago

    He stopped for a break. His colleagues went ahead without him(why? Why would you leave someone behind?) He got disoriented. Drops a pin for help (aka asks for help). They tell him to hike back up then come down on the right trail.

    Why he didn’t we don’t know. His colleagues didn’t call for a search party. They didn’t go after him. He had to try to get enough signal to do that himself. Where were they at?

    If your colleague isn’t showing up in a reasonable amount of time wouldn’t you call someone to help look for him?

    Yeah he’ll be pissed and probably look for a new job.