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Maybe we can turn this forum into the adventure forum. After reading SteveO's tale of the Grand Canyon, I felt like posting mine from 2002 in Colorado. I think I may actually have video too, but this were back in the DV tape days...
In 2002 my friends and I went to Crested Butte, Colorado which is one of our favorite places in the country. We were going to mountain bike the Dyke trail. It's a short trail that goes from our campsite out to a roadway. The way out, away from our campsite is downhill. Coming back is up hill.
This trail is pretty fun and scenic and brings us through a ton of aspens and creek crossings. We left our site at about 10am (yeah we wake up late even when we're camping). It was a nice, sunny and about 70 degrees. The ride out was pretty uneventful. We got to the end of the trail and had a choice of riding the trail back up or taking a paved highway. The trail, while uphill was alot short because it went straight to our campsite. The highway winded around the mountain and was a few miles longer. We decided to take the trail.
About 1 hour into the ride, the clouds came and it started raining. Soon it started hailing and we were in the woods with just t-shirts and shorts. Luckily we had rain ponchos and windbreakers. At least 3 out of 4 of us did. Luckily, someone brought 2 ponchos.
The 4th person who got the extra poncho unfortunately waited a few minutes too long to put it on. By the time he put it on he was wet and getting cold. As we pushed the bikes up the hill, we couldn't ride them anymore because the trails were too muddy and then basically became mini rivers of water, he started to talk about how he was cold.
At this point there wasn't much we could do except keep pushing along. At one point he began talking about leaving his bike and walking. Now he had a $4000 bike, so we knew he was becoming crazy. When he said tell my girlfriend I love her, we KNEW he was losing it!
Finally we had to stop cause we realized he was getting hypothermic. We found cover under a huge pine tree. It was actually dry under the tree. The first thing we did was cover him with our ponchos.
I had waterproof matches and a tinder box + striker.
Lesson 1 - Even though the matches might be waterproof, the paper box that you strike them on is not. They were pretty much useless because the striking cardboard was soaked. Next try, tinder box... This litle ole thing worked and we lit up some paper instantly. Problem was that paper burns fast and it was instantly out.
Lesson 2 (as seen on Survivorman) - Get enough kindling and wood before you start a fire!!!
Lesson 3 - Know what you have. The damn people who make maps coat them so they are waterproof and also fireproof. Bastards. Later on, I realized that my rubber cement for my tire patch kit was flammable. We had other aerosols that were flammable too. We could have easily made a big fire with a spark and these items. Now I always know what I have with me. Oh, and I carry a lighter at all times.
Lesson 4 - Don't panic. In our panic to start a fire as fast as possible we wore out the tinder portion of the tinder box making it useless. Bottom line, no fire.
While I was doing this, we sent one of our friends to go get help. He ran up the trail and to the camp site and got the campground resident. There was a doctor who was camping and he came back with my friend. Someone else at the campsite had to drive to town to get help as there was no cell phone coverage at the campsite.
About 30 minutes into it, my friend began to recover. He was laying down on the ground with a bunch of ponchos covering him and began to warm up.
About an hour after we had stopped, my friend and the doctor came back. He had a bunch of warm clothes and a thermos of hot tea. They began to hike back to the campground and we followed behind since we were no pushing his bike and carrying his gear too.
When we got to the trailhead we saw the mountain rescue team and an ambulance sitting out there. Luckily we didn't need them. I was wondering if we were going to get charged for this at the time and honestly I didn't care.
end of part 1...
Yes there is a part 2 (Just a short one)
In 2002 my friends and I went to Crested Butte, Colorado which is one of our favorite places in the country. We were going to mountain bike the Dyke trail. It's a short trail that goes from our campsite out to a roadway. The way out, away from our campsite is downhill. Coming back is up hill.
This trail is pretty fun and scenic and brings us through a ton of aspens and creek crossings. We left our site at about 10am (yeah we wake up late even when we're camping). It was a nice, sunny and about 70 degrees. The ride out was pretty uneventful. We got to the end of the trail and had a choice of riding the trail back up or taking a paved highway. The trail, while uphill was alot short because it went straight to our campsite. The highway winded around the mountain and was a few miles longer. We decided to take the trail.
About 1 hour into the ride, the clouds came and it started raining. Soon it started hailing and we were in the woods with just t-shirts and shorts. Luckily we had rain ponchos and windbreakers. At least 3 out of 4 of us did. Luckily, someone brought 2 ponchos.
The 4th person who got the extra poncho unfortunately waited a few minutes too long to put it on. By the time he put it on he was wet and getting cold. As we pushed the bikes up the hill, we couldn't ride them anymore because the trails were too muddy and then basically became mini rivers of water, he started to talk about how he was cold.
At this point there wasn't much we could do except keep pushing along. At one point he began talking about leaving his bike and walking. Now he had a $4000 bike, so we knew he was becoming crazy. When he said tell my girlfriend I love her, we KNEW he was losing it!
Finally we had to stop cause we realized he was getting hypothermic. We found cover under a huge pine tree. It was actually dry under the tree. The first thing we did was cover him with our ponchos.
I had waterproof matches and a tinder box + striker.
Lesson 1 - Even though the matches might be waterproof, the paper box that you strike them on is not. They were pretty much useless because the striking cardboard was soaked. Next try, tinder box... This litle ole thing worked and we lit up some paper instantly. Problem was that paper burns fast and it was instantly out.
Lesson 2 (as seen on Survivorman) - Get enough kindling and wood before you start a fire!!!
Lesson 3 - Know what you have. The damn people who make maps coat them so they are waterproof and also fireproof. Bastards. Later on, I realized that my rubber cement for my tire patch kit was flammable. We had other aerosols that were flammable too. We could have easily made a big fire with a spark and these items. Now I always know what I have with me. Oh, and I carry a lighter at all times.
Lesson 4 - Don't panic. In our panic to start a fire as fast as possible we wore out the tinder portion of the tinder box making it useless. Bottom line, no fire.
While I was doing this, we sent one of our friends to go get help. He ran up the trail and to the camp site and got the campground resident. There was a doctor who was camping and he came back with my friend. Someone else at the campsite had to drive to town to get help as there was no cell phone coverage at the campsite.
About 30 minutes into it, my friend began to recover. He was laying down on the ground with a bunch of ponchos covering him and began to warm up.
About an hour after we had stopped, my friend and the doctor came back. He had a bunch of warm clothes and a thermos of hot tea. They began to hike back to the campground and we followed behind since we were no pushing his bike and carrying his gear too.
When we got to the trailhead we saw the mountain rescue team and an ambulance sitting out there. Luckily we didn't need them. I was wondering if we were going to get charged for this at the time and honestly I didn't care.
end of part 1...
Yes there is a part 2 (Just a short one)
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