biffnixM to BishopEnglish · 11 days agoTwo Rescued Backpackers Offer a Glimpse of What NOT to Do When Hiking Mt. Whitneywww.theinertia.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkTwo Rescued Backpackers Offer a Glimpse of What NOT to Do When Hiking Mt. Whitneywww.theinertia.combiffnixM to BishopEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
Yikes. Almost 100lbs of gear each, no water filtration, and more. Please take more care out there, hikers!
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoMy day pack is 15lbs. with a 6-pack in it and I am loaded for about whatever. I’m shocked they made it over 2-miles toting 100lbs. each!
minus-squarebiffnixOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoThey were clearly woefully unprepared for an actual backpacking trip. It’s no big deal to learn from one’s mistakes, of course. I’m just glad this misadventure didn’t turn deadly…
My day pack is 15lbs. with a 6-pack in it and I am loaded for about whatever. I’m shocked they made it over 2-miles toting 100lbs. each!
They were clearly woefully unprepared for an actual backpacking trip. It’s no big deal to learn from one’s mistakes, of course. I’m just glad this misadventure didn’t turn deadly…