STONED ON ROCK--UNABLE TO WALK--NO HARD HAT

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Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 26, 2017 - 07:04am PT

"Four mountain climbers had to be rescued from England's highest peak after they became 'incapable of walking due to cannabis,' police say"

http://www.sfgate.com/weird/article/4-climbers-unable-to-walk-due-to-cannabis-12227013.php

In the day before cell phones, we'd just wait for the buzz to wear off. No rescue necessary.

Stewart Johnson

Mountain climber

lake forest

Sep 26, 2017 - 07:21am PT

i was on the lower slopes of ben nevis and came across a party in distress one of them had slipped and was bloody, but
could still walk.
in a fifty mile an hour gale they were calling for a chopper, i told them it was an hour walk to the
road. they just stared at me. then it started to blizzard.

stupid bloody punters.

brotherbbock

climber

Alta Loma, CA

Sep 26, 2017 - 07:38am PT

^^^Haha!

Bunch of wankers the lot of them!

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Sep 26, 2017 - 07:53am PT

Another example of the press inappropriately using the term "climber." A 3210 ft. high rounded hill only requires that you can walk down a sidewalk and chew gum at the same time.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Sep 26, 2017 - 08:10am PT

https://www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_158.html

Don't be so sure this is a piece of cake, donini. And there is elevation to be gained, so it's technically "a climb."

The summit of the Pike is a giant boulder field, shattered rock of the Borrowdale Volcanics varying in size from small stones to large boulders is scattered over the top of the mountain and down around the sides.

Cairns mark meandering paths searching for the easiest way through the agglomeration and go off in all directions making it a confusing place especially in poor conditions. Witness the call outs of the Wasdale MRT to those who are 'lost', and fall victim to 'navigation errors' ending up in the wrong valley.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Sep 26, 2017 - 08:17am PT

So that is how one comes to be termed a 'piker'?

It was bloody freezing on Cloggy in June. Epic I tell you!
Had to put me rubbers on!

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Sep 26, 2017 - 08:18am PT

You just might be right mouse. In Cali a lot of people would even refer to it as an alpine climb.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Sep 26, 2017 - 08:21am PT

No, Reilly; there are many stories about the origin of the word. See Clarence King's tale of The Newtys of Pike in his "Mountaineering in California."

Such hyperbole, Jim. Thanks.

okay, whatever

climber

Sep 26, 2017 - 08:26am PT

I've "climbed" Scafell Pike (though the "voie normale" is of course just a "fell-walk", aka a "hike"). And of course you're more likely than not to get rained on in the Lake District, depending on the time of year, not to mention hiking in dense fog, wading through sheep sh#t, and so on. I suppose if you're stoned enough, you might not be able to follow the obvious path down in the fog, but these folks would perhaps have had a better time visiting Beatrix Potter's cottage this particular day.... That said, the friend I was with, who lives in Kendal and hikes regularly around there, said that he almost always has a map and compass with him when the weather is not absolutely clear.

guyman

Social climber

Moorpark, CA.

Sep 26, 2017 - 09:02am PT

They must have been eating IT.....

I can handle myself, always.

At a dead concert, I one time ate about 6 brownies...didn't feel anything.

But one time I was given some "candy" marked 4500mg when we were craging at Malibu....

I lead a climb or two, started to feel it, decided to switch to TR... on the second TR run....

I forgot how to climb!!!!

F-up totally.

But after a few hours all was back to normal.

I was able to hike out on my own -- self rescue

Those "climbers" are light

Spider Savage

Mountain climber

The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles

Sep 26, 2017 - 09:28am PT

Edibles will do that to you. No measure of dose. Especially if smoking too.

Unable to navigate may have been more of the problem. Can't focus long enough to remember where you are or where you are going.

Had a backpacking experience like this one. Lines on the map just squiggled. We could remember to stay on the trail and move up hill so it all came out okay.

Gary

Social climber

Desolation Basin, Calif.

Sep 26, 2017 - 10:41am PT

In Cali a lot of people would even refer to it as an alpine climb.

Um, that would be Colorado, where you drive the 14ers. As we all know, California 3rd equals Colorado 4th.

tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber

Leading Edge of North American Plate

Sep 26, 2017 - 10:47am PT

I guess they got "higher" than anyone else in England ;-(

Kalimon

Social climber

Ridgway, CO

Sep 26, 2017 - 06:34pm PT

Um, that would be Colorado, where you drive the 14ers. As we all know, California 3rd equals Colorado 4th.

Fake news, disinformation. No driving up any 14ers around here . . . unless you are reaaalllyyy stoned.

Colorado grades are more difficult than California's in general.

rincon

climber

Coarsegold

Sep 26, 2017 - 08:34pm PT

This story has been embelished by the media to make it more sensational. According to one of the hikers that was interviewed:

Samuel Coleridge, who identified himself as one of the hikers, called the reports “fake news” and said the group had only called for help after a hiker collapsed shortly before nightfall after smoking some marijuana on the trail. The man recovered and the group had already hiked nearly all the way back by the time they encountered the rescue team, he wrote.

http://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/world/article175283801.html#fmp