jgaz 606 Posted September 19 I have a hard time getting my head around the mentality of this group. I wish I could find some follow up info. Best info if you’re able to open the link https://www.facebook.com/100067787659206/posts/injured-hiker-kanab-creek-grand-canyon-national-park-north-rimabout-6pm-friday-9/637813388488244/ A bit less detail but same info in an easier to open link for some https://www.azfamily.com/2023/09/17/man-with-traumatic-injury-rescued-after-friends-left-him-alone-grand-canyon/ Some pretty cool footage from the rescue helicopter approaching the injured hiker. God bless these first responders. https://fb.watch/n8aHFsleWX/ 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 4,150 Posted September 19 i hope he finds some new friends! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearhead 468 Posted September 20 Yeah, he'll be fine.......hope this doesn't disrupt our itinerary. 😐 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shellback91 1,851 Posted September 20 What a bunch of jerks. People today never cease to amaze me with their stupidity. 😐 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzJeepChic 2,565 Posted September 20 Dang! That's harsh! With friends like that who needs enemies? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz 606 Posted September 21 UPDATE: From the Mohave County Sheriff Facebook page UPDATE 9/20 1:30pm: The injured hiker has reached out to clarify his account of what happened on Friday (9/15) in the Grand Canyon National Park. At one point, all five backpackers were together that began in the Kanab Creek Wilderness area. They had hiked down Kanab Creek into the Grand Canyon National Park and had established a campsite. On Friday (9/15), the injured hiker and another person hiked further than the other three hikers had wanted to hike – south of the campsite. He said they were on their way back to the campsite when the injury occurred. The other hiker left him alone and went to use an emergency device that was with the other three hikers who were a few miles away. When rescuers arrived on scene, he was alone. Search and Rescue encourages everyone when adventuring in the remote, wilderness areas of Mohave County to be prepared for the unexpected and in these remote wilderness settings. Interesting. Doesn’t sound like complete abandonment like the first version. Maybe there still is hope for mankind. Could/should things have been handled differently? Probably. But hindsight is almost always 20/20 I figured I’d update this. Been digging for more info, maybe because this just seemed so wrong. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz 606 Posted September 21 (edited) And one more that I found early this AM. Straight from the injured hiker himself. https://www.insider.com/injured-hiker-rescued-grand-canyon-friends-did-not-leave-behind-2023-9 I guess this whole thread comes under the heading, believe half of what you see and none of what you hear/read. Edited September 21 by jgaz 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
