Both parties were severely lacking. It’s actually true, as the naive backpacker noted, going up is trickier. That, and him being in an obviously had mental sta

Both parties were severely lacking. It’s actually true, as the naive backpacker noted, going up is trickier. That, and him being in an obviously had mental state mean the troopers should definitely be the ones going down to him. Doxing him was wrong and should lead to meaningful consequences, writing an anonymized account of the guys rescue and his mistakes that led him into the situation would have been fine. Dressing him down a bit privately after he was in safety would also be okay, giving him attitude during the rescue was not. The guy’s account leaves much to be desired as he doesn’t seem to have actually accepted what led him to make his way into the situation and instead seems more to justify his decisions. He did a few things that were good practices but completely neglected many non-optional wilderness best practices. He’s lucky to be alive. The most egregious issue is he seems to believe the garmin means he does not need back up plans and it gives him a false sense of security. The rescue button is absolute NOT a backup plan. Having a premium plan means nothing. Having insurance means nothing. None of those mean one should be any less cautious but the way he described having those things it seems like he was taking more risk than otherwise as if having insurance to pay for it means it’s less of a big deal to call for rescue. In his situation pushing sos was absolutely the right thing to do. But he should not have been in that situation in the first place, and that’s left out of his analysis.