Comments on: Student Lost on Y Mountain http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/03/06/student-lost-on-y-mountain/ Utah Outdoors, Back Country, Utah Hiking, Utah Travel, Outdoors Information, Backcountry, Utah Vacation, Good Things Utah, Utah National Park Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: the log http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/03/06/student-lost-on-y-mountain/#comment-55 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:31:43 +0000 http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/03/06/student-lost-on-y-mountain/#comment-55 Also, I heard he lost one of his shoes in the snow (it came off I guess?) and his feet were freezing. For someone who has never experienced numb feet, it can be really scary... maybe he thought he was getting frostbite? Perhaps this was his first real experience in the outdoors, he was in all cotton, and after sweating and getting dehydrated and hungry, small fears became full-blown "I'M GONNA DIE!!!" Also, I heard he lost one of his shoes in the snow (it came off I guess?) and his feet were freezing. For someone who has never experienced numb feet, it can be really scary… maybe he thought he was getting frostbite? Perhaps this was his first real experience in the outdoors, he was in all cotton, and after sweating and getting dehydrated and hungry, small fears became full-blown “I’M GONNA DIE!!!”

]]> by: yaju http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/03/06/student-lost-on-y-mountain/#comment-39 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:50:52 +0000 http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/03/06/student-lost-on-y-mountain/#comment-39 [quote="Summit"]...on the other hand, was scratching my head and wondering how someone could be so absent-minded to lose their way on Y Mount[/quote] I agree that my intial reaction was the same since I have probably hiked the Y mountain all possible ways, trail and no trail, day and night etc... But after reading the story, I guess I can sympathize. The guy was indeed absent-minded, as in he could have been "suicidal" or something, and probably something struck him while he was on there to call 911, rather than deal with this thoughts in making his way down. Just my own theory!! My positive twist on it is that the beautiful utah outdoors/nature/mountains saved his life, compared to if he was in an urban campus with no close outdoor recreation areas? The journalist did a good job indeed in being neutral. [quote=”Summit”]…on the other hand, was scratching my head and wondering how someone could be so absent-minded to lose their way on Y Mount[/quote]

I agree that my intial reaction was the same since I have probably hiked the Y mountain all possible ways, trail and no trail, day and night etc…
But after reading the story, I guess I can sympathize.
The guy was indeed absent-minded, as in he could have been “suicidal” or something, and probably something struck him while he was on there to call 911, rather than deal with this thoughts in making his way down. Just my own theory!!

My positive twist on it is that the beautiful utah outdoors/nature/mountains saved his life, compared to if he was in an urban campus with no close outdoor recreation areas?
The journalist did a good job indeed in being neutral.

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