Appreciate the comment Wendy. I strongly suggest learning from this man's actions.
I worked SAR for years, and pulled people out of the most idiotic situations, imaginable. in fact, we constantly ran into situations we NEVER imagined.
When not RVing, I spend most of my time in the woods, winter or summer. I've paid my dues, and I earned the ability to critique Mr Kim's failure to survive.
I taught mountain rescue, and survival, and also taught EMT's.
If I take a hard look at situatons like this it is from long years of having to deal witht he reality of how people get them selves in trouble, and then expect us to get them out.
The climbers in Mt Hood used a very risky technique: climb lite, climb fast. minimal equipment, and time, which does not allow for any wiggle room when something happens to monkey wrench everything. One guy got hurt, so they could not leave someone with him, they buried him, and two climbed together into the teeth of a very bad storm, with 70 mile an hour winds.
I have heard the type of bragadaccio that goes on before a climb: "We'll travel lite, up stay overnight, and get back in the morning, Miller time by 2:30, On the road by 5." Lots of yeahs, and high fives all around, and off they go. three days alter, my team has to go up to drag them out.
Right.
I'm glad I am retired, and don't have to do that anymore.