Man who fell on Hollyburn Mountain while snowshoeing rescued

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A 51-year-old man was rescued and taken to hospital from Hollyburn Mountain early Sunday morning.

North Shore Search and Rescue were called after the man fell on the mountain while snowshoeing.

The man was travelling with a group of friends when the incident occured.

He is reportedly in serious condition after head injury.

35 members of the rescue team were involved in the search operation.

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不知道是哪路人马? 这Hollyburn 山也上过多次了, 没感觉很险要的样子, 难道也是off trail 了吗?

PanShiBo

棉花糖
..没感觉很险要的样子, 难道也是off trail 了吗?

"..the group of 4 snowshoers had become disoriented due to poor visibility and a GPS which failed. This innocent error in navigation had resulted in them ending up on a steep traverse above Tony Baker Gully. The subject slipped, and is thought to have gone over three 30+ foot vertical cliffs before he ended up in Tony Baker..."

http://www.northshorerescue.com/2013/01/tony-baker-gully-rescue/

Lessons to learn:
4) "Easy" marked tourist trails often produce wrong impression of safety
3) Always keep your GPS turned on AND know how to use it
2) Always stay together (the group spotted the man drop and called for help)
1) Every accident has a safe turning point: it takes skills to detect it and determination to turn back no matter how close to the destination: the group should have questioned if it was a good idea to enter technical terrain instead of turning back. Or better yet, stay home in such poor weather: weather forecast for that day was 80% chance of precipitation, and that's why it was not a helicopter pick up.

棉花糖

So I think it is wise that we cancelled the hike last week. Thank you Panshibo you always have a sense of safety as a leader of our group.

nidaniel

四个人一起爬山说GPS fail，估计也就是找一个借口，这个时候山上3米厚的雪把所有的路标都盖住了，有没有GPS路径区别不大，有GPS就是知道个大方向，不迷路而已，至于怎么爬基本是靠本能或者经验，按地形灵活处理，不用非要严格按GPS路径爬。穿雪鞋爬山上升容易，在陡坡上下降往往会打滑，在山上遇到陡坡是避免不了的，谁都会打滑，除非有冰爪和冰镐，如果没有，只有在下坡时尽量走树多的地方，走之字形下降，在滑倒时保持清醒，随时观察滑行路径上的树丛，如果正前面有大树，可以面向上，滑到大树前用雪鞋钉住树干，可以轻易停止下滑，如果没有大树，就要随时用手抓住那些树枝了，自己曾经在陡坡上滑倒过多次（有一次下滑20多米），就是靠以上的方法止滑的，建议配备小冰爪（microspike）和短冰镐（50cm）来过陡坡，正规的Crampon和长冰镐都太重，overkill。