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Lost in blizzard, facing death, couple finds love
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Feb 14, 2013 at 11:56 am #1299269
full story at link
In training for a Rainier summit bid later in 2012, they decided to make the short trip worthwhile by loading up their packs. It would be a life-saving decision.
The back of the truck was packed with everything they needed for a climb up to base camp — summit jackets, summit boots, tents, food.
“We over-packed entirely for a three-hour snowshoe but we were dismally low on what we needed for a blizzard,” says Johnson.
“It was barely enough to survive with.”
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“The mountain doesn’t discriminate. It takes whoever — the inexperienced, the young, the old, the experienced, anybody and anyone. It just doesn’t discriminate,” she says.
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They will never travel without a stove to heat water, never without a tent for shelter. They will always leave more detailed plans of their trips, rather than saying “they’ll be in the mountains.”
Feb 14, 2013 at 1:01 pm #1954428Good story & advice, it would be educational to hear more of their adventure.
Feb 14, 2013 at 1:08 pm #1954430Eric, can you rework the link, I can't copy it because it goes into my boarder. I wouldn't mind reading it.
Of course when I went to type this the URL was usable in the reply section.Feb 14, 2013 at 1:33 pm #1954440How about never travel without a map and compass? "unable to read their malfunctioning GPS"
Feb 14, 2013 at 2:02 pm #1954446did the tiny url trick …
Feb 15, 2013 at 10:21 am #1954716Heh, I'm still not used to seeing this as I read through posts.
Feb 15, 2013 at 12:49 pm #1954763So they narrowly escaped freezing to death. Then he proposed. And she accepted.
How sad… to escape one trap, only to fall into another — and a far more insidious one!
Feb 15, 2013 at 12:54 pm #1954767Sexist
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