A hiker was rescued from a mountain in the US state of Colorado after being apparently left behind the previous day by his colleagues during an office retreat.
The unnamed man got lost and found himself without phone signal after being left by colleagues who went ahead without him, the Chaffee County Search and Rescue team said.
He endured stormy weather and multiple falls before being found in a “large search effort” the next morning. He was stabilised and taken to hospital, but there has been no further update on his condition.
The officials suggested the incident “might cause some awkward encounters at the office in the coming days and weeks”.
To say the least. Nothing builds teams like leaving a man behind to die.
They might as well confiscate his Swingline while they’re at it.
“this retreat is mandatory. it helps build trust”
In their statement, officials said the hiker reached the summit on his own at about 11:30 local time (17:30 GMT), but became “disorientated” on his descent.
His colleagues are said to have told him that he was on the wrong route, and suggested that he regain the trail.
Sounds more like he left them, not that they left him.
You cook fish in the office microwave one time…
If your group says you’re going the wrong way and to regain the trail you weren’t left behind you got yourself fucking lost…
From another news story covering this: “The man reached the peak of Mount Shavano around 11:30 a.m. but, when he turned to descend the mountain, became disoriented when he found that the group had picked up the belongings being used as trail markers as they hiked down before him, according to search and rescue officials.”
yes. Link posted in the comments. https://www.denverpost.com/2024/08/27/chaffee-county-search-rescue-hiker-coworkers-retreat-injured-mount-shavano/
