[Schroder]

If you follow the drainage out of Cub Lake you end up in Sulphur Creek. Not the first time that's happened.

[Kim Brown]

[rbuzby]

These guys were incompetent.

[Schenk]

I saw the TV interview and it seemed like there was something "clouding" their judgement. Some of what happened doesn't make sense. They had planned to be out a week but ran out of food well before their due date; was that the "gear lost in the fire"? But I was not there...so there could be portions of the story they didn't air on the news. That footage was most likely cut and edited. Either way, it made them look like dolts.

[neek]

I like following stories like this (and those that end worse) because there are often important lessons to learn. I'm glad it ended well, but is there anything that can be learned here? Nope! Moving on...

[Windstorm]

[Kim Brown]

[Brushwork]

I would like to know the story (long version) of what happened. Seems like they were kind of lucky to have been found. I’m grateful that we have such a community (and large one)that will do these rescues.

[ChanceShowers]

Friends were asking me why the two would have been separated. Without any knowledge of what actually happened, I have one main theory which basically boils down to: what's your attitude like when you haven't eaten in 24 hours? I can easily see two guys getting pretty grumpy if they haven't eaten in a couple days, are trying to find their way out, one thinks it's better to go left, one thinks it's a better route to the right...

[BaNosser]

[rbuzby]

Ignore these lessons at your peril, hiking enthusiasts! When the pair didn't return home on the 24th, family members reported them missing. Cabe said the pair tried to take an old shortcut to save time, but that route had become too thick and treacherous to move quickly. At some point, the pair lost the trail altogether. Cabe, 64, said he learned mountain survival skills from his uncles after hiking Snohomish County's Downey Creek Trailhead 50 years ago, in 1969. Cabe figured ants would provide enough protein for him to keep going. Cabe said James lost a boot and his entire sleeping bag in a campfire accident, and then lost his knee brace. Cabe said he gave James his raincoat and a few other supplies, and then tried to hike out, looking for help. Maybe learning navigation is as important as learning to eat bugs? And, be careful your campfire doesn't destroy your boot and sleeping bag?

[Tom]

No sasquatch sightings this time around?

[rbuzby]

"Campfire accident" might be a code word for "SQUATCH ATTACKED US!" Or maybe things got really crazy when that second half gallon of whiskey ran out.

[Schenk]

[kiliki]

Seems like SAR and the media don't want to harsh on lost hikers even after they are found, and I get that, but I would love to see something--maybe a blog by a SAR person? That talks to the found hikers and puts together a "lessons learned" article. Yosemite does it, or, did through last year anyway. https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/psarblog.htm It seems like it could be very instructive, especially to all the new hikers that are out there. And it would satisfy my curiosity--how did he lose his shoes??