The 21-year-old man from Arizona was the second person to die while hiking in Colorado this week
Search and rescue teams have recovered the body of a 21-year-old hiker who fell 800 feet to his death while trying to navigate a technical traverse 20 miles southwest of Telluride, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
The search began Tuesday after the Arizona man was reported overdue from hiking the ridge between 14,000-foot peaks El Diente and Mount Wilson, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post. The man, who was described as an experienced climber, has not yet been publicly identified.
How come we dedicate so many resources to rescuing one thrill seeker in the mountains but virtually no resources to people having other types of medical emergencies? Not saying we shouldn’t do that, all life is precious, but some is more precious than others it seems.
Scale of resources. If it takes 100k to save one it takes 1mil to save 10