Tale of A Tent-Stumbler

[hondo]

Feb 25, 2020 8:51:43 GMT -5 TOO $ said:

Feb 25, 2020 8:49:13 GMT -5 slypknot said:

Remind me not to ride with you...

in my Rain Man voice, "I'm an excellent driver"...

But an even better tent stumbler.

[smosey wales]

"The Lord looks out for fools and drunkards"

[TOO $]

Feb 25, 2020 9:46:18 GMT -5 smosey wales said:

"The Lord looks out for fools and drunkards"

hey, I resemble that remark...

[smosey wales]

I try to get coverage on both counts.

[TOO $]

I saw a news report last night of a hiker who broke his leg and had to crawl for 10 hours until he could get cell phone coverage. 10 hours. WOW I can't imagine. 

www.kiro7.com/news/local/injured-hiker-near-olympic-national-park-crawls-hours-before-getting-help/OVV7H7ELVJFDVMNCVFWTAZVRWE/

Trail runner with broken leg rescued after crawling on all fours for more than 10 hours

A trail runner who broke his leg on a remote, snowy trail on the Olympic Peninsula over the weekend said he had to crawl for nearly seven hours to get cellphone service to call for help, and then crawled several more hours until rescuers found him.

By: Michael Spears
Updated: February 24, 2020 - 5:32 AM
A trail runner who broke his leg on a remote, snowy trail on the Olympic Peninsula over the weekend said he had to crawl for nearly seven hours to get cellphone service to call for help, then crawled several more hours until rescuers found him.

“I had to crawl on all fours and my knees -- it’s a rocky, snowy, dirty, wet trail -- and after a while, my knees were just raw,” said Joseph Oldendorf in an interview with KIRO 7 from his hospital bed at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. “So, I had the idea to put my shoes over them so I would at least have some traction and a little bit of protection, but they’re still really messed up."

Oldendorf, who has since been released from the hospital, said he crawled for about ten and a half hours after he slipped on ice and broke his leg, three inches up from the ankle, around 5:45 p.m. Friday. He said he was running back to the Duckabush trailhead, about 12 miles into a 20-mile run, when he was injured.

“I had to be facing chest down for it not to be flopping out of alignment,” said Oldendorf, describing his broken leg.

After crawling for hours in subfreezing temperatures, Oldendorf said he finally had the cellphone service to call for help around 12:30 a.m. Saturday and was located by rescuers on the ground close to 4:30 a.m.

“I had no idea how long it was going to be and I knew that I was still probably six miles down trail,” said Oldendorf. “I stopped to lay down and stay warm, thinking they might be there relatively soon, but I was way too cold and there was no way I could do it without moving, so I just decided to keep moving towards them.”

The 26-year-old said the thought of his family also kept him moving.

“I don’t want my family to hear I died in the wilderness,” said Oldendorf. “I think it’d be unbearable.”

A Coast Guard helicopter crew arrived around 7 a.m. and airlifted Oldendorf, who was hypothermic when found, to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.

“This is definitely a rugged part of the Olympic National Forest,” said Firefighter Jerry Rule, with the Brinnon Fire Department. “We actually found the patient about four and a half miles in, which is pretty unusual for a typical fire department to go in.”

Rule was in the group of rescuers who reached Oldendorf first.

“Doesn’t take much to take you out of the game up on those trails and by yourself,” said Rule. “He’s a lucky guy. We on our way out, after evacuating him by helicopter; we only ran into two other individuals and they were not going as far as we were.”

[Donna]

Feb 25, 2020 9:46:18 GMT -5 smosey wales said:

"The Lord looks out for fools and drunkards"

Cool, then I'm safe... 

[hondo]

Feb 25, 2020 11:18:20 GMT -5 TOO $ said:

I saw a news report last night of a hiker who broke his leg and had to crawl for 10 hours until he could get cell phone coverage. 10 hours. WOW I can't imagine. 

www.kiro7.com/news/local/injured-hiker-near-olympic-national-park-crawls-hours-before-getting-help/OVV7H7ELVJFDVMNCVFWTAZVRWE/

Trail runner with broken leg rescued after crawling on all fours for more than 10 hours

A trail runner who broke his leg on a remote, snowy trail on the Olympic Peninsula over the weekend said he had to crawl for nearly seven hours to get cellphone service to call for help, and then crawled several more hours until rescuers found him.

By: Michael Spears
Updated: February 24, 2020 - 5:32 AM
A trail runner who broke his leg on a remote, snowy trail on the Olympic Peninsula over the weekend said he had to crawl for nearly seven hours to get cellphone service to call for help, then crawled several more hours until rescuers found him.

“I had to crawl on all fours and my knees -- it’s a rocky, snowy, dirty, wet trail -- and after a while, my knees were just raw,” said Joseph Oldendorf in an interview with KIRO 7 from his hospital bed at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. “So, I had the idea to put my shoes over them so I would at least have some traction and a little bit of protection, but they’re still really messed up."

Oldendorf, who has since been released from the hospital, said he crawled for about ten and a half hours after he slipped on ice and broke his leg, three inches up from the ankle, around 5:45 p.m. Friday. He said he was running back to the Duckabush trailhead, about 12 miles into a 20-mile run, when he was injured.

“I had to be facing chest down for it not to be flopping out of alignment,” said Oldendorf, describing his broken leg.

After crawling for hours in subfreezing temperatures, Oldendorf said he finally had the cellphone service to call for help around 12:30 a.m. Saturday and was located by rescuers on the ground close to 4:30 a.m.

“I had no idea how long it was going to be and I knew that I was still probably six miles down trail,” said Oldendorf. “I stopped to lay down and stay warm, thinking they might be there relatively soon, but I was way too cold and there was no way I could do it without moving, so I just decided to keep moving towards them.”

The 26-year-old said the thought of his family also kept him moving.

“I don’t want my family to hear I died in the wilderness,” said Oldendorf. “I think it’d be unbearable.”

A Coast Guard helicopter crew arrived around 7 a.m. and airlifted Oldendorf, who was hypothermic when found, to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.

“This is definitely a rugged part of the Olympic National Forest,” said Firefighter Jerry Rule, with the Brinnon Fire Department. “We actually found the patient about four and a half miles in, which is pretty unusual for a typical fire department to go in.”

Rule was in the group of rescuers who reached Oldendorf first.

“Doesn’t take much to take you out of the game up on those trails and by yourself,” said Rule. “He’s a lucky guy. We on our way out, after evacuating him by helicopter; we only ran into two other individuals and they were not going as far as we were.”

Sounds like you need to up your game. 

[kuriti]

Speaking of crawling to rescue, if you have never seen this you should check it out.

Touching The Void

[smosey wales]

Meh. No roll-away ambulance. What else you got?

[thelizard]

Feb 25, 2020 12:07:37 GMT -5 kuriti said:

Speaking of crawling to rescue, if you have never seen this you should check it out.

Touching The Void

I saw K2 in the movie theater many years ago. It stressed me out so much I decided it would be the last mountain climbing movie I would ever see.

But somehow, someone talked me into watching Vertical Limit.

The other day my son told me he and his wife had started rock climbing. I think I'm going to recommend Vertical Limit to "inspire" them...

[kuriti]

Touching The Void is about 2x more hair raising than all those mentioned, of which I have seen all. It's a documentary, so even crazier because it happened.

[Donna]

Feb 25, 2020 13:44:09 GMT -5 kuriti said:

Touching The Void is about 2x more hair raising than all those mentioned, of which I have seen all. It's a documentary, so even crazier because it happened.

I was curious after I saw your post so I watched the movie. I'd place that in the category of EXTEME Stumbler. That was hard to watch.

[smosey wales]

From TOO's story, the guy said “I don’t want my family to hear I died in the wilderness,” said Oldendorf. “I think it’d be unbearable.”

I think more along the lines of Jason Isbel's perspective on this:
"I don't want to die in a Super 8 Motel
Just because someone's evening wasn't going so well."

[TOO $]

[thelizard]

Never heard of Suzi Quatro before (but I really don't remember the 1970's very well, so it's probably just me).

But she has her own website, and is fond of saying

"I WILL RETIRE WHEN I GO ONSTAGE , SHAKE MY ASS, AND THERE IS SILENCE"

She's still sporting that awful '70's mullet-like hair style, too:

[war fart]

Feb 25, 2020 17:35:58 GMT -5 thelizard said:

Never heard of Suzi Quatro before (but I really don't remember the 1970's very well, so it's probably just me).

But she has her own website, and is fond of saying

"I WILL RETIRE WHEN I GO ONSTAGE , SHAKE MY ASS, AND THERE IS SILENCE"

She's still sporting that awful '70's mullet-like hair style, too:

Leather Tuscadero!

[lobster]

Feb 25, 2020 16:17:05 GMT -5 smosey wales said:

From TOO's story, the guy said “I don’t want my family to hear I died in the wilderness,” said Oldendorf. “I think it’d be unbearable.”

I think more along the lines of Jason Isbel's perspective on this:
"I don't want to die in a Super 8 Motel
Just because someone's evening wasn't going so well."

So, you know that rhythm and roots festival I'm always hyping? This song was born from a night at the festival.

Off topic, I know...

[Deleted]

Feb 25, 2020 17:52:07 GMT -5 war fart said:

Feb 25, 2020 17:35:58 GMT -5 thelizard said:

Never heard of Suzi Quatro before (but I really don't remember the 1970's very well, so it's probably just me).

But she has her own website, and is fond of saying

"I WILL RETIRE WHEN I GO ONSTAGE , SHAKE MY ASS, AND THERE IS SILENCE"

She's still sporting that awful '70's mullet-like hair style, too:

Leather Tuscadero!

That looks like Tal (second from right)?

[Deleted]

Feb 24, 2020 11:01:31 GMT -5 smosey wales said:

congratulations on using two neologisms that do not appear in my American Heritage dictionary (HS graduation gift; still driven daily) and in the same sentence at that.

I'll brook no truck with those neologisms.

[estimatedprophet]

Feb 25, 2020 18:07:49 GMT -5 lobster said:

Feb 25, 2020 16:17:05 GMT -5 smosey wales said:

From TOO's story, the guy said “I don’t want my family to hear I died in the wilderness,” said Oldendorf. “I think it’d be unbearable.”

I think more along the lines of Jason Isbel's perspective on this:
"I don't want to die in a Super 8 Motel
Just because someone's evening wasn't going so well."

So, you know that rhythm and roots festival I'm always hyping? This song was born from a night at the festival.

Off topic, I know...

Are you talking about Rhythm and roots in Charlestown, RI? That was my original festival. Met Bill Kreutzmann and George Porter Jr there.

[smosey wales]

Feb 25, 2020 17:00:25 GMT -5 TOO $ said:

Eww. I may need to watch Muskrat Love to get that one out of my system.

[lobster]

Feb 25, 2020 23:45:12 GMT -5 estimatedprophet said:

Feb 25, 2020 18:07:49 GMT -5 lobster said:

So, you know that rhythm and roots festival I'm always hyping? This song was born from a night at the festival.

Off topic, I know...

Are you talking about Rhythm and roots in Charlestown, RI? That was my original festival. Met Bill Kreutzmann and George Porter Jr there.

Nope, Bristol rhythm and roots reunion.

[TOO $]

[smosey wales]

[TOO $]

Tomorrow will be my first follow up with my ortho doc since my surgery. Expecting to have this cast removed and have the staples removed that closed my surgical incision. Anxious and excited to see how well my incision has healed and how my leg is progressing. Expecting to get another cast for up to 6 weeks before I get the boot. Hardest part of my recovery has been getting a full night of sleep. One day at a time. Keep moving forward. Life is good. Everything happens for a reason. Look forward to seeing you all **soon**...