More southern rescues

“More rescues. Two hikers were rescued from Mt Rogers last week. It sounds like they got caught at Thomas Knob shelter after a dump of snow last week. After not returning a search was launched and the 2 were rescued by Med Flight, the Virginia state police SAR/med evac helicopter. The story can be found at the Bristol Herald Courier web site.

Four NC State students were rescued yesterday at Derrick Knob shelter after getting dumped on Monday. They planned to hike the length of the Smokies, were ill(not) prepared, and snow doomed them. Ironically the 4 are from NC but were found by six hikers from Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Four of Penn group stayed with the students, 2 hiked out for help.Details can be found at CNN, citizentimes.com, or the Knoxville paper websites. (I have yet to master the posting of links. If someone would be kind enough to post them)

That makes 3 Smokies and 2 Mt Rogers rescues this winter. I don't remember that many in a year in a while. Luckily no serious injuries, though I heard the man rescued near Inadu Knob lost part of his foot.”

“I can't remember if we covered the last Mt. Rogers rescue here, but today's GSMNP rescue has been debated endlessly in this thread.”

“Trailngel - you can cut and paste the link (url)into the post and when you hit submit, it will automaticall post as a link.

or

[url]post link[/url]

if you want to post a link and mask the url, do it like this:

[url=cut and paste url]blablabla[/url]

you can poste images by doing this:

[img]post url for image[/url]

lol - you're probably thinking, Dammit, I'm a doctor not a link poster"
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“there was a guy who had to be airlifted off of LeConte after falling on the Alum Cave Trail and breaking his leg back in late December too.”

“a news helicopter resecued a woman off the side of Mt. Bierstadt yesterday after a suprise snowstorm blew in about midday. She was at 12,600 and had lost her snowshoes in a fall. Unhurt but very tired. The news guy picked her up around 6:00 and saved her from the darkness that was fast approaching.

Its not just southerners.”

“There was a guy here (Connecticut)last week that had to be carried out. He tied his rope to a piece of 70? year old rusted metal that used to be part of a tower instead of tying to a tree and as soon as he went over the edge and put his weight on it it gave way.

60 feet before the first bounce. Broke more than a leg but I think he's lucky to be alive at all.
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“Everyone expects snow/wind/cold at 12,000 feet out west and in New England; not in the SUNNY south. People don't realize weather can be VERY BAD down here.

A few years ago good friends went to Yellow Mt Gap in January. They drove up Curtis Creek Rd in a blizzard and hiked a mile to the barn (AT trail shelter). Thay set up a tent in the barn, cooked dinner and settled in for some cards. At dusk a backpacker stumbled in. He had stayed in Apple House shelter and hiked over Hump Mt and Little Hump in said blizzard.(Both are open balds, maybe 3 miles of hiking on completely exposed ridgeline) He lost a snowshoe and before stumbling onto the shelter he thought he was going to die. He told my friends he was from New Hampshire and came south, "where it never snows" to winter hike. The next day my friends drove him down to US 19-E, where he hitched a ride to Erwin to get his car and go home.

I heard the man rescued off Inadu Knob in December in the SMokies lost part of his foot.

Yea, In my business I cut and sew, NOT cut and paste.”

“It's all backpacker magazine's fault.. encouraging these folks to TRY backpacking..

* smiles, just kidding of course *”

“You Dawg!”

“There have been a lot more rescues that just those. Not all of them get press.”

“Another water rescue off the Florida Coast, too.
Duluth boaters rescued near Florida”