8.00 P.M. Went out on a reserve party today to find a tourist that was lost on the garden wall. We climbed up to the altitude of 8500 and combed the whole mtn. side and didn’t find a trace of him. I seen 13 mountain goats and sheep today up in the rocks at about 7,000.
We didn’t find a trace of the lost tourist. He is probably dead.
Robert
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Comments From Chris -
Hundreds of people have died in the parks recorded history (1913). There are a variety of reasons, but the top five in order are:
1. Drowning
2. Heart Attacks
3. Climbing Accidents
4. Vehicle Accidents
5. Falling while hiking
After reading some of these posts I can see how heart attacks could be a problem. Just today Robert climbed up to 8,500 ft., which is about 5,000 ft. higher than camp. That must have been strenuous.
Complete side note, but sign of the times. Today is the day Hitler opened the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
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| Back of photo says "fellows strung out down the garden wall looking for the lost guy" From Robert's CCC Photo Collection |
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Garden Wall By GlacierNPS (May 16, 2012 Uploaded by Hike395) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)] |
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| Garden Wall From Google Maps |
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| Mountain Goat "Mountain Goat Mount Massive" by Darklich14 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 |
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