Thankyou for respectfully & tactfully mentioning Rafikis death. He was a good man. I’ve personally hiked hundreds of miles with him & Im sure he would just want everyone to learn from this.
@@lorigbasmajian3843 Never heard of her but just googled & the article I read was clearly not written by someone with hiking or trail running experience.
Definite shout out to the first responders that did what they could. I was able to witness a White Mountain rescue first hand this summer, camped at Lafayette Campground. These folks assembled at dusk at the start of the Lonesome Lake Trail, and no less than 25 men and women started out in a terrible t-storm, and 5 hours later brought some injured hiker off of a remote section of trail in a stretcher. They are heroes, but unfortunately there are limitations due to conditions, terrain and the need for a certain minimum amount of personnel. This should be a reminder that these mountains are no joke - unfortunately this is happening every year lately.
Thank you for this video. Why would a man with a two-year-old son put himself in such a dangerous situation? No one should backpack alone, especially not in life-threatening conditions. Such a completely unnecessary loss of life is truly a shame. My heart goes out to his survivors, and to the rescuers who gave it all they had at grave, personal risk.
I've gone hiking toward Owl's Head and camped at 13 Falls Shelter in the winter, and they are both no joke that time of year. It dropped to -30° at night on the falls trip, and I only had a 35° bag, way back in 1983. Thankfully, I had tons of wool to survive it, and I learned a vital lesson. A particular hazard near 13 Falls is that if you have a lot of snow on the trail, followed by a major melt or heavy rain, the entire area floods. it happened to a friend of an acquaintance, and he was stuck in a tree for I don't know how long and had to be rescued. It was like that last year from melt water in early April when I did a solo overnight trip. I had planned on two nights, but the conditions were hazardous. Fortunately, I asked the ranger about the conditions just before he closed up, and he warned me not to go to 13th. Falls Shelter on the regular trail and to take an alternative, unmarked trail around Owl's Head instead. Even then, the conditions were rough. Lots of packed ice on the second day,, with no microspikes. I kept turning my ankles. So I headed home. What good is glory if you are dead?
Oh, this is so sad. I have a two-year-old grandson and can’t bear to imagine the confusion and sadness he would feel at losing *his* dad. My heart is cracked and heavy for the little one… Prayers for all the family and friends.
A lesson I learned about groups on adventure was you move at the pace of the weakest link, when you don’t the link breaks and people usually face dire consequences. In this case it was the strongest link but the link was broken. This experience should be talked about in the adventure community to find out exactly what happened and prevent leaders from making a bad judgment. Thankfully the rest of the group made a better decision. Peace to the family and son.
My guess is he was already suffering the mental effects of hypothermia. I'm shocked he would separate from the group he led up there. May he rest in peace.
I’m so sad to hear this. Praying for his family left behind. Thank you to the first responders who tried to rescue him. I pray for their healing. Thanks for the reports, Ramdino. We appreciate you. 🙏🏼 God bless. Hope you have a good week.
So sad about the loss of the hiker, it’s heartbreaking 🙏 And much Gratitude to those willing to go in to help ……..Thanks for everything you do for the hiker community 🌿🍃
The weather in New Hampshire has been pretty crazy over the past two weeks. Last week (Monday) we had 15 inches of snow in Southern New Hampshire and my hubby and I along with our local hiking group were snowshoeing but by the end of the week we experienced a warmup and it rained on top of the snow. We were bailing water out of our sump pump (the motor was broken) in our basement. This week we are experiencing below freezing temps with wind and in the single digits. We also had three people rescued off of Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire yesterday. I can’t imagine what the temps are in the White Mountains. Kudos to the rescue teams and the National Guard. Thank you Ramdino for keeping us informed.
Godspeed Our Brother In New Hampshire. Our Beloved White Mountains In New Hampshire They Have No Mercy. Our Hearts Thoughts & Prayers & Meditation Go Out To All. Again Godspeed Good Brother, Godspeed 💫💫
RIP Chris! Condolences to his family. Looking forward to following Peaks for Pounds on the AT this year and Mike Current (Energizer - 2022 AT) he will be hiking the CDT this year.
So very sad to hear about the loss of this hiker! RIP Christopher. Sending love and hugs to the family! 🙏❤️. Thank you for today’s update! I follow 5 stack and NC is all iced up. 🧊🧊 Beautiful to look at but so dangerous to hike in. ❄️🧊🥶 Matthew be careful out there! Have a good week stay warm & see you next week! 🥾🧗♀️⛺️❄️🧊🥶🙏
So very sad…my condolences to everyone who knew and loved him. Thank you for all of your updates. I feel blessed to have all of this information before getting out there myself in March. 🙏
It quite amazes me, as years go by, the number of registrations each year for AT Thru-hikers, and those already on Trail in January❣️Your record keeping is the bomb, Ramdino❣️😃😎👊🏻 So sad to hear of the loss of Rafiki 💔 🙏🏻💔 Thanks for a great video, as usual❣️😎❤️ God bless you❣️🥰
Prayers to Christopher's family and friends and God Bless all those who risked their own lives to find hima and bring him to his family for closer. Ramdino you're always on top of what's happening and protecting the hikers. Well done. 😊
Be aware rookies this year, even pros make deadly mistakes. Thanx Dino for being here every year with top notch hiker info. Take care hikers, good vibes your way! Crackerjack.
My condolences to the family and friends of the man lost in the Whites. And blessings to the SAR teams and volunteers who made their way up there to get him. Please everyone, think two or three times before heading out there into weather like that. No matter how much experience you have, temperatures like that are deadly serious. 😢 And holy cats, thats some crazy weather even there in Georgia, freezing rain is not fun! Be safe out there Triple One! Thanks for the updates Ramdino!
Super Thanks! for your continued support of the AT Ramdino. As an aspiring 2024 thru hiker, I continue to look forward to your AT updates. All good stuff!! Super sad about Chris and his family's loss. My heart goes out to them. 🙏
Saw a rattlesnake rescue in Georgia on AT Helicopters w nowhere to land Very scary Man was rescued after a very long time of them figuring out Be careful out there
I learned that the most common way to get bitten by a snake on the A. T is to step over rocks or logs. Don't do that. Step on the rock and then step off we'll past it. Step on the log and then step off well past it. A snake under a rock or log will freak when you step over the obstruction and land your foot inches away. But it is unlikely to bother you if you are two feet or more away from it. If you want to be amazed, look at the national map of snake bites. You will see that the vast majority are along the Eastern Seaboard and in the Appalachian Mountains and not out West, as Hollywood would have you believe.
I'm hopeful that the trend will continue downward next year too. I hiked in the most crowded year (2022), but luckily hiked fast enough to get ahead of the masses. But I'm planning to hike it again next year. Would love to have a little less traffic out there. 🤞
@Navy1977 Yep! I will be vlogging the hike again. And I'm thinking you meant my foot? My foot has been doing really well. Thanks for asking! Won't hike without my Altra Olympus shoes now. Hehe.
Really awful that he was stuck, Sad news. I know the area well. But -10 below, high winds and waste deep snow. It's tough for even the most experienced hikers.
@@lorigbasmajian3843 yes no doubt about it. There is winter backpacking gear that can handle any type of weather. I think fire would not be an option being caught in that. You would want to stay below the tree line without a hefty shelter. Find some natural area, a tree ECT and dig in. But if you are ultra light gear it would be a tough decision to try to push 3 miles to a shelter when you are freezing or digging into a snow tell it passes. It is a coin toss at that point.
So sad to hear of this hiker passing, prayers for his family. Thumbs up for the rescuers in putting their lives in danger for others. Always praying for you and our hikers, for the last few years I have put up a Hikers Prayer Wall in my office these are prayed over everyday, these are over 300 hikers that are on the Georgia Appalachian site on Facebook, but I would like if anyone out there that likes to be added to my Hiker Prayer wall, I would love to add them whether the want their name or trail name, God knows who they are, if you can I like to get help to get the word out. Thanks for all you do in the updates of our Hikers out there! God Bless!!
I was wondering if that was one of the groups he was taking out or if that was just a group of friends. If it was a group that contracted him then he was completely reckless and irresponsible. And it's harsh as it sounds, it's hard to feel bad for him because he put their lives at risk for the sake of his own vanity. His responsibility was to take them home, not to abandon them to themselves. People had frostbite. Nuts.
The weather is no joke. It's been brutal here at Neel Gap. We've seen very little foot traffic or any traffic. I estimate only a dozen or so NOBO's came thru in the last two weeks. There were also two SOBO's who finished. My guess is that a good portion of those 52 who registered at Amicalola delayed their start times or are hunkered down waiting out the weather.
@@excession3076 yes. Since then. I saw that video. We followed her journey. She’s been on my mind and we’ve just been concerned and hoping she’s doing okay.
I don't know why hikers don't like shelters. I hiked Damascus to Dalton in '20 and only slept in my tent a few times the whole way. Many times I had the shelter all to myself. I only had mice issues in one. The owls were fed well that night. 😄
@Navy1977, Hikers were far and few between in '20 thanks to the bad advice from the ATC. They even padlocked some of the privies. They need a hiker in charge of things over there.
I learned to not like shelters because I've had some weird encounters in shelters.I''ve only used shelters a handful of times. My first unpleasant experience was in Connecticut, where there was a newlywed couple hiking the whole AT, myself, and then this scraggly, virgin hker on a flip-flop showed up who he was just a mess. He looked like a heroin addict. He had no idea what he was doing. There were bear warning signs all over the place, because bears havld been rading people's food and bothering them in the shelters. What did this guy do? He laid all his food on the picnic table and spilled it all over the place while cooking, without even pretending to realize you did it. and he left it that way. He did not cleann up at all. "Bear chum? Great!" Next, he broke his Sawyer bag because he tried too hard to squeeze the water through a clogging filter. He had not been cleaning his filter. Not appreciating my new shelter mate, but not wanting to be a complete jerk I gave him my spare Sawyer bag, thinking he was going to take it and use it to flush his filter. No. The idiot tried again to force the water through the clogged filter and busted my spare Sawyer bag. It gets worse. The guy had trenchfoot. Have you ever smelled trenchfoot? It literally smells like a dead body, because it is dead rotting skin. It blew us away. I had to say something. I said, "You gotta cover up those feet or you can't stay in the shelter,. It smells way too much." He apologized and said that he would put his socks back on and get into a sleeping bag and we wouldn't smell it, which we didn't. Then he snored like a lawnmower all night. In the morning, the other couple was talking softly, and I heard the husband whisper that they needed to get out of camp as soon as possible to get away from that guy. Apparently, he had been shadowing them for days, and they didn't want to spend another night with him in a shelter or a day on the trail with him. The last time I stayed in a shelter, one guy snored more than you could ever imagine and louder than you could ever imagine, and it was all weird and uneven. I sounded like bebop jazz snoring. There wasn't even a rhythm to it. It was all kinds of weird and varied noises and grunts and cackles - things I can't describe. It was surreal. You couldn't fall asleep. It kept me awake all night. There was one other guy in the shelter who got up in the middle of the night and slammed the privy door twice at midnight. He then hung around in the woods for about a half-hour and then went back to the privy and slammed the door two more times before returning to the shelter. In the morning, he jetted off without joining us for breakfast. I soon found out why. He stole food for my Bear Vault that night, with his filthy privy hands. He was eating it between his midnight privy stops. I let the snoring guy know that morning about his horrendous snoring and that maybe he should consider sleeping in tents for the rest of the trip. And trying to be helpful, I also advised them to check out his vitamin levels because he had sleep apnea, a dangerous condition. Sleep apnea is caused by a vitamin deficiency. Call be too bold, but it wasn't fair to other hikers that he had this ridiculous, insane, outrageous snoring that sounded like we were camping on an airport runway. Instead of being cool and applogetic, he was gruff and gave me a dirty look. Zero empathy. If you are sleeping in shelters, and you're reading this, please stop sleeping in shelters if you're going to snore. It's just not fair to other hikers. Don't be a jerk. And that's why I don't use shelters any more.
I can relate to snorers and weirdos. 😅 I tried shaking one couple by hiking slower and taking more zeros, but somehow it took me a couple of weeks to get away from them. I did sleep in my tent at The Priest shelter because of one guy even though he was the only person in the shelter and had to keep hiking past another shelter because of another guy that was apparently living in the one behind the Italian restaurant across the street from the dinosaur. Can't recall what town that was in Virginia.
MEGA GREAT VIDEO -- CHECK THE WEATHER AND USE WINTER GEAR ONLY NOBO ...DO NOT USE ULTRA LIGHT BACK PACK IN JAN THRU MARCH 15 .. THE WEATHER CAN BE DEADLY
The ATC's reason for late hang tags is on their website. It says: The ATC cannot print new hangtags until we have the final, official Trail mileage for the coming year, which is often not released until December to give A.T. Clubs and partners time to complete calculations. The hangtags also take several weeks to print and ship.
Subscribed. Very very sad about the young triple crown Dad. Makes me wonder, and this is not the first time, if overconfidence played a role. I live near Yosemite and other than the inexperienced, I’ll-prepared and downright fools that will swim or take selfies in the water above 100’s foot falls, there have been a good share of “very experienced” backpackers that should not have met their demise.
NEVER break from the group to proceed, especially in WAIST DEEP SNOW, puts yourself and the people coming to rescue you at risk. very odd story as leading a group you should never leave your group.
Please don't imply he was guiding a group. He had started with a couple of friends, the friends had turned around. Also, the helicopter didn't find him, a couple of the rescuers/I think they were his friends did (that had continued searching after searchers turned back)
Hey BANDINO When you give updates, could you please put their names on the screen as you announce them? I’m having trouble understanding you I can’t even get your name right appreciate all you do stay warm next to that Fire 🔥
Okay, an experienced hiker, and a Outfitter, and yet when the people he was guiding, turned around, due to bad weather and deep snow, he didn't. I have no pity for the guy. Yeah, I know, that's harsh, but he would be alive today, if he had turned back with the group. As for the First Responders, They did what they could and they tried. So for them, I give a Thumbs Up.
Agreed, he could have turned back or brought fire starting gear and hunkered down below treeline. He was below treeline when he called 911 saying he was cold. Definitely kudos to the first responders for going out after him at 2:00 AM.
Agreed. And if he was the "guide", how comes he didn't guide them back? Surely that was his responsibility? If the weather actually killed him, it couldn't have been much fun for the people who he was responsible for either?
@Julia-en1ok it was white out conditions on Guyot above treeline, not below treeline where he called 911 from. If he had stayed put in that location and brought the right equipment with him, he could have started a fire. He instead chose to push it above treeline. It is what it is unfortunately.
Questions about shelters along AT. 1-why are the shelters 3 sided? 2-Why are they not like cabins with 4 walls and doors? 3-What is the "problem" with shelters as to why so many folks prefer to stay in their own tents? 4-who maintains/cleans, etc them?
I wondered the same thing until I stayed in a 4 sided shelter with windows on top of a mountain with 8 other stinky hikers. The smell! I was gagging and dry heaving. I opened the windows and still couldn’t sleep well because of the stench. Not just body odor, but rancid shoes and even worse socks and feet. Dirty clothes and gear. I was happy to stay in the 3 sided shelters after that.
@jesseejulian3875 Usually the state hiking club maintains the shelter, such as the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club. Each state generally has a group that maintains the trail and shelters. Its a huge undertaking done by volunteers.
Spiders and rats/mice are the main reasons people don't use shelters, along with overcrowding. Thru hiker vloggers have really shined a light on some of the shelters issues. Not the fault of the people cleaning and maintaining the structures, spiders and rodents are in the forest and will make their home wherever they choose. Silk blazing is a thing for a reason 😊.
How many deaths does there have to be before people carry a GPS device for their own safety? If he had had one, the odds of his survival would’ve been much higher. Also, what would have helped is good decision-making and turning around with his team, and just having the essentials, such as multiple devices for fire starting, a cookstove layers snow etc. etc. He may have had most of these things I’m not sure? Did he have anything with him to start a fire? Did he have the knowledge on how to start a fire in the snow? Did he have a GPS device? Like a Garmin in reach?
He was an extremely experienced hiker. He has a resume of any hiking out there. It was also most likely his downfall also. From what I have read it was 80 mile an hour winds from a freak storm. He was said to be not a turn around and go get it kinda guy from his family. So he made a deathly decision. But it looks like he had gear and was able to contact rescue and they knew his location but just could not get to him. Sometimes the weather is just more powerful than us.
No hate on GPS device but I think people depend on tech to get them out of a bad situation that should have never happened to begin with. Tech is great but so is turning around. A women died in the dead of winter near Mount Adams a few years ago and her GPS pinged all over the place. I know this area well and I am sure the weather was so brutal they simply could not reach him. There is actually and three-sided shelter in that area. I am sure he was aware of that. I don't know what actually happened, but I am sad for him, his family and friends.
@cavemandancer experienced hiker yes but that does not equal experienced woodsman. When he called for rescue he was below treeline, right near the Guyot shelter. If he had started a fire and stayed below treeline he'd still be with us. He obviously had no fire starting gear since he told 911 he was already cold at that point.
@@davem4193 I agree. but guyot shelter is full shelter so I couldn't imagine that is the case. I do not know their route or where the group turned back. My understanding is that it was below zero with gust up to 80 mile an hour and he was above the tree line. I have no idea what his gear was that he had but obviously was not good enough to keep him alive for the night and day tell they could reach him. Triple crown, and hiking some 40+ 4000 footers is in my book an experienced individual.
@cavemandancer experienced hiker does not equal experienced outdoorsman is my point. His location when he called 911 was below treeline between Bond and Guyot, that's where he told 911 that he was cold. 911 was able to triangulate his position to that location. If he had brought fire starting equipment, an emergency bivy and stayed below treeline he'd still be with us. Instead he tried to keep pushing up and over Guyot above treeline which is where his body was found. Proper gear and an emergency shelter kit will keep you alive even in those conditions, he didn't follow those rules and paid the ultimate price. We should all strive to learn from this.
Hi, I’m wondering where you heard Roma was leading a group that day. I know he ran a guide business and so did lead groups, but almost everything I’ve read is that he was hiking solo that day-which I assumed solo from the start. Do you have a link to to where you learned about him starting out with a group that I can check out? Thanks
It is a tragedy. Folks, mind your limits. Especially in the Whites in the winter. Don't let vanity kill you, nor kill the emergency crews that will try to save you.
@@Julia-b9x I chose the right word and used it appropriately. You should look up the definition before correcting others about the definitions of words.
Easy, go to a trail head and offer rides to town for free. Or offer soda or even water. Fresh food. Anything to do that helps hikers will be appreciated.
@@Ramdinohikes It's a very sad situation and outcome for him. If it was just a bunch of hiking buddies, then it's a case of individual responsibility but a leader should stay with their group.
Very cold. Start a fire or make some sort of shelter to cut the wind chill. Maybe by the SURVIVAL numbers.S. SIZE UP THE SITUATION ,U. UNDUE HASTE MAKES WASTE, R.REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE AT, V. VANQUISH ALL FEAR AND PANIC, I.IMPROVISE, V. VALUE LIVING, A. ACT LIKE THE NATIVES, L. LEARN BASIC SURVIVAL SKILLS. I'm not God so I am not judging ain't my job. At kissurvival our motto is LBS ALWAYS PLAN FOR A SURVIVAL SITUATION AND MAY YOU NEVER BE IN ONE. Our sincere condolences to his family. I hope we all can learn from this situation how to avoid these pitfalls in our future.
@Navy1977I appreciate look, but if there is one thing I've noticed with regard to outdoor rescues when a woman is in a perilous situation, we judge her harshly by calling her dumb and triggering the needless lives of rescuers. But when a man is in a perilous situation we say oh well, he died doing what he loved.
It's unfortunate that you speak with no empathy in your voice tone. Whatever and you load this thing up with commercials. Prior to getting to your story doug shoe bush craft however does not It's a shame that you don't take this anymore seriously than you do good luck to you
@@Ramdinohikeswe love you Ramdino and you DO speak with empathy and compassion. This person obviously doesn't understand that YouTubing doesn't pay a ton so an occasional ad or product endorsement keeps you and your lifesaving info reaching the t hiking community. Take care and Happy Sunday!!😊. NQU
Thankyou for respectfully & tactfully mentioning Rafikis death. He was a good man. I’ve personally hiked hundreds of miles with him & Im sure he would just want everyone to learn from this.
So sorry for your loss. Would be interested to hear your perspective offline and not for public consumption if you preferred.
I wish people were just as respectful to Emily Stoleto
@@lorigbasmajian3843 Never heard of her but just googled & the article I read was clearly not written by someone with hiking or trail running experience.
Definite shout out to the first responders that did what they could. I was able to witness a White Mountain rescue first hand this summer, camped at Lafayette Campground. These folks assembled at dusk at the start of the Lonesome Lake Trail, and no less than 25 men and women started out in a terrible t-storm, and 5 hours later brought some injured hiker off of a remote section of trail in a stretcher. They are heroes, but unfortunately there are limitations due to conditions, terrain and the need for a certain minimum amount of personnel. This should be a reminder that these mountains are no joke - unfortunately this is happening every year lately.
So sad … deepest sympathy to his family and friends ❤🙏
Thank you for this video.
Why would a man with a two-year-old son put himself in such a dangerous situation? No one should backpack alone, especially not in life-threatening conditions. Such a completely unnecessary loss of life is truly a shame.
My heart goes out to his survivors, and to the rescuers who gave it all they had at grave, personal risk.
It wasn't that he was alone. If 2 people were as unprepared as he was both would've died. He didn't have the most basic survival gear.
I can't even imagine going into the White Mountains in January.
I think people ice climb up tuckermans ravine. But that’s probably supported
I've gone hiking toward Owl's Head and camped at 13 Falls Shelter in the winter, and they are both no joke that time of year.
It dropped to -30° at night on the falls trip, and I only had a 35° bag, way back in 1983. Thankfully, I had tons of wool to survive it, and I learned a vital lesson.
A particular hazard near 13 Falls is that if you have a lot of snow on the trail, followed by a major melt or heavy rain, the entire area floods.
it happened to a friend of an acquaintance, and he was stuck in a tree for I don't know how long and had to be rescued.
It was like that last year from melt water in early April when I did a solo overnight trip.
I had planned on two nights, but the conditions were hazardous.
Fortunately, I asked the ranger about the conditions just before he closed up, and he warned me not to go to 13th. Falls Shelter on the regular trail and to take an alternative, unmarked trail around Owl's Head instead.
Even then, the conditions were rough. Lots of packed ice on the second day,, with no microspikes. I kept turning my ankles. So I headed home.
What good is glory if you are dead?
Oh, this is so sad. I have a two-year-old grandson and can’t bear to imagine the confusion and sadness he would feel at losing *his* dad.
My heart is cracked and heavy for the little one…
Prayers for all the family and friends.
A lesson I learned about groups on adventure was you move at the pace of the weakest link, when you don’t the link breaks and people usually face dire consequences. In this case it was the strongest link but the link was broken. This experience should be talked about in the adventure community to find out exactly what happened and prevent leaders from making a bad judgment. Thankfully the rest of the group made a better decision. Peace to the family and son.
My guess is he was already suffering the mental effects of hypothermia. I'm shocked he would separate from the group he led up there. May he rest in peace.
You might have the answer I have been known to become over confident when dehydrated I feel sorry for his family
I’m so sad to hear this. Praying for his family left behind.
Thank you to the first responders who tried to rescue him. I pray for their healing.
Thanks for the reports, Ramdino. We appreciate you. 🙏🏼
God bless. Hope you have a good week.
Thank you too
Sad to hear of a death on the trail. A good friend is starting his first week of thru trail this week.
So sad about the loss of the hiker, it’s heartbreaking 🙏 And much Gratitude to those willing to go in to help ……..Thanks for everything you do for the hiker community 🌿🍃
The weather in New Hampshire has been pretty crazy over the past two weeks. Last week (Monday) we had 15 inches of snow in Southern New Hampshire and my hubby and I along with our local hiking group were snowshoeing but by the end of the week we experienced a warmup and it rained on top of the snow. We were bailing water out of our sump pump (the motor was broken) in our basement. This week we are experiencing below freezing temps with wind and in the single digits. We also had three people rescued off of Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire yesterday. I can’t imagine what the temps are in the White Mountains. Kudos to the rescue teams and the National Guard. Thank you Ramdino for keeping us informed.
Rafiki gave me a ride in June on my thru hike. He was a nice guy. Hate this happened! Big T
Godspeed Our Brother In New Hampshire. Our Beloved White Mountains In New Hampshire They Have No Mercy. Our Hearts Thoughts & Prayers & Meditation Go Out To All. Again Godspeed Good Brother, Godspeed 💫💫
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You can conquer the mountains a hundred times. A mountain only has to conquer you once.
Love the weekly updates, on the trail appreciate you taking the time to do what you’re doing to support the Appalachian Trail 😊
Really like Triple 1 updates . I hope he continues.
RIP Chris! Condolences to his family. Looking forward to following Peaks for Pounds on the AT this year and Mike Current (Energizer - 2022 AT) he will be hiking the CDT this year.
I'm surprised to see any through hikers this time of year local doing a day hike that I understand
So very sad to hear about the loss of this hiker! RIP Christopher. Sending love and hugs to the family! 🙏❤️. Thank you for today’s update! I follow 5 stack and NC is all iced up. 🧊🧊 Beautiful to look at but so dangerous to hike in. ❄️🧊🥶 Matthew be careful out there! Have a good week stay warm & see you next week! 🥾🧗♀️⛺️❄️🧊🥶🙏
RIP Chris… 😢 - Thanks for all you do Ramdino!
So very sad…my condolences to everyone who knew and loved him. Thank you for all of your updates. I feel blessed to have all of this information before getting out there myself in March. 🙏
Really appreciate you keeping us updated on what's happening on the AT.
Horrible to hear about Chris' death. I pray for his family and son. Be safe everyone! Thanks for the updates.
It quite amazes me, as years go by, the number of registrations each year for AT Thru-hikers,
and those already on Trail in January❣️Your record keeping is the bomb, Ramdino❣️😃😎👊🏻
So sad to hear of the loss of Rafiki 💔 🙏🏻💔
Thanks for a great video, as usual❣️😎❤️ God bless you❣️🥰
Prayers to Christopher's family and friends and God Bless all those who risked their own lives to find hima and bring him to his family for closer. Ramdino you're always on top of what's happening and protecting the hikers. Well done. 😊
Absolutely tragic 😢 such a sad sad loss
Be aware rookies this year, even pros make deadly mistakes. Thanx Dino for being here every year with top notch hiker info. Take care hikers, good vibes your way! Crackerjack.
Thanks, you too!
I think a moral for hikers is don’t rely on your inreach or other tech as a crutch for risk.
Nice to keep updated by ur vids Ramdino. Let the footsteps begin! 🥾🥾
My condolences to the family and friends of the man lost in the Whites. And blessings to the SAR teams and volunteers who made their way up there to get him.
Please everyone, think two or three times before heading out there into weather like that. No matter how much experience you have, temperatures like that are deadly serious. 😢
And holy cats, thats some crazy weather even there in Georgia, freezing rain is not fun! Be safe out there Triple One!
Thanks for the updates Ramdino!
Sorry about the hiker. Prays for his family and friends. Another great video. Thanks for sharing. Stay Safe and HIKE ON!!!
So happy to have started following you!! Thank you for the updates, so great to hear about what is going on in the trail. 33 days till I step off!!
All appreciate you and your updates.... RIP Chris 🙏
Thanks for the update! I start in a month.
Best of luck! Look forward to your updates.
Oh so sad for the news about Rafiki. Very sobering. Thank you for your ear to the ground. Maybe someone else will take heed to the weather now.
So sorry to hear
Prayers 🙏🏿for his family
Love & Light
So sad RIP Rafiki I didn't know him but still sad news prayers to his son and family 🙏🙏🙏
Great reports. Thank you. Really appreciate your videos. I am following 5 Stack. Great videos.
Awesome, thank you!
I am always thankful for your updates
I do really enjoy your updates.
Thank you for your unwavering hiker support, it's wonderful!
Super Thanks! for your continued support of the AT Ramdino. As an aspiring 2024 thru hiker, I continue to look forward to your AT updates. All good stuff!!
Super sad about Chris and his family's loss. My heart goes out to them. 🙏
Awesome, thank you for your awesome support.
Saw a rattlesnake rescue in Georgia on AT
Helicopters w nowhere to land
Very scary
Man was rescued after a very long time of them figuring out
Be careful out there
I learned that the most common way to get bitten by a snake on the A. T is to step over rocks or logs. Don't do that.
Step on the rock and then step off we'll past it. Step on the log and then step off well past it.
A snake under a rock or log will freak when you step over the obstruction and land your foot inches away. But it is unlikely to bother you if you are two feet or more away from it.
If you want to be amazed, look at the national map of snake bites. You will see that the vast majority are along the Eastern Seaboard and in the Appalachian Mountains and not out West, as Hollywood would have you believe.
Condolences to his family!
Atta theys!! Love it. You are a completely up to date and modern host!
Always enjoy your videos Ramdino.
I always say NO ONE is an Expert in Unpredictable weather..how could they be smh
"Captain Jack" & "Bob Ross" were in Bryson City NC yesterday....
I'm hopeful that the trend will continue downward next year too. I hiked in the most crowded year (2022), but luckily hiked fast enough to get ahead of the masses. But I'm planning to hike it again next year. Would love to have a little less traffic out there. 🤞
How exciting!
@Navy1977 😁 As of now, that is the plan!
@Navy1977 Yep! I will be vlogging the hike again. And I'm thinking you meant my foot? My foot has been doing really well. Thanks for asking! Won't hike without my Altra Olympus shoes now. Hehe.
@@UnboundCrow or your sun sleeves and gloves,lol
@@Ramdinohikes Hahaha!! My sun gloves are a staple on my trips these days! 😆
Always a great video/update....Cant wait to get on trail! Keep doin what you're doin! Your contributions to the hiker community are invaluable!
Much appreciated!
Really awful that he was stuck, Sad news. I know the area well. But -10 below, high winds and waste deep snow. It's tough for even the most experienced hikers.
Is there even equipment to survive that?
@@lorigbasmajian3843 yes no doubt about it. There is winter backpacking gear that can handle any type of weather. I think fire would not be an option being caught in that. You would want to stay below the tree line without a hefty shelter. Find some natural area, a tree ECT and dig in. But if you are ultra light gear it would be a tough decision to try to push 3 miles to a shelter when you are freezing or digging into a snow tell it passes. It is a coin toss at that point.
🙌Blessings n love🙌💙😇
LIkewise, Have a great Memorial Day
Thanks for the good information, I enjoy your channel and watch it from time to time.
I appreciate that!
Very thorough report. Thanks for all you do.
Thank you for the good work you do. Your very
good at presenting the information.
I appreciate that!
So sad to hear of this hiker passing, prayers for his family. Thumbs up for the rescuers in putting their lives in danger for others. Always praying for you and our hikers, for the last few years I have put up a Hikers Prayer Wall in my office these are prayed over everyday, these are over 300 hikers that are on the Georgia Appalachian site on Facebook, but I would like if anyone out there that likes to be added to my Hiker Prayer wall, I would love to add them whether the want their name or trail name, God knows who they are, if you can I like to get help to get the word out. Thanks for all you do in the updates of our Hikers out there! God Bless!!
Thankfully the less experienced hikers had the common sense to turn back..
I was wondering if that was one of the groups he was taking out or if that was just a group of friends.
If it was a group that contracted him then he was completely reckless and irresponsible. And it's harsh as it sounds, it's hard to feel bad for him because he put their lives at risk for the sake of his own vanity. His responsibility was to take them home, not to abandon them to themselves. People had frostbite. Nuts.
The weather is no joke. It's been brutal here at Neel Gap. We've seen very little foot traffic or any traffic. I estimate only a dozen or so NOBO's came thru in the last two weeks. There were also two SOBO's who finished. My guess is that a good portion of those 52 who registered at Amicalola delayed their start times or are hunkered down waiting out the weather.
Some of us would rather pass doing what we love. See you on the next trsil.
So sad and thanks to the rescuers
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Thanks for the update.
Subscribed to the folks on your list. What you do here is so amazing. Thanks for all you do. What year you thinking of thru hiking? Happy hiking!! 😊
In about 3 years hopefully
@@Ramdinohikes my plan is for 2030 when the last kid graduates from college. Just have to stay in shape until then. Hope my knees hold out
Someone needs to build a shelter around the location and dedicate it to him
Captain Jack and Bob Ross have an excellent channel….worth following
They had a clip of your last installment on their channel.
Prayers to the hiker’s family. Thank you for your updates.
Question. Has anyone heard from Badbat (2023) and how she is doing?
She posted a video a month ago telling us what was going on.
Do you mean since then?
@@excession3076 yes. Since then. I saw that video. We followed her journey. She’s been on my mind and we’ve just been concerned and hoping she’s doing okay.
@Navy1977 I did comment on her channel a while back. I'll try again. She's just been on my mind lately and I hope she's okay.
I don't know why hikers don't like shelters. I hiked Damascus to Dalton in '20 and only slept in my tent a few times the whole way. Many times I had the shelter all to myself. I only had mice issues in one. The owls were fed well that night. 😄
@Navy1977 In '20 I hiked from mid June to Oct, but in '17 I hiked mid March to mid May.
@Navy1977, Hikers were far and few between in '20 thanks to the bad advice from the ATC. They even padlocked some of the privies. They need a hiker in charge of things over there.
I learned to not like shelters because I've had some weird encounters in shelters.I''ve only used shelters a handful of times.
My first unpleasant experience was in Connecticut, where there was a newlywed couple hiking the whole AT, myself, and then this scraggly, virgin hker on a flip-flop showed up who he was just a mess.
He looked like a heroin addict. He had no idea what he was doing.
There were bear warning signs all over the place, because bears havld been rading people's food and bothering them in the shelters.
What did this guy do? He laid all his food on the picnic table and spilled it all over the place while cooking, without even pretending to realize you did it. and he left it that way. He did not cleann up at all.
"Bear chum? Great!"
Next, he broke his Sawyer bag because he tried too hard to squeeze the water through a clogging filter. He had not been cleaning his filter.
Not appreciating my new shelter mate, but not wanting to be a complete jerk I gave him my spare Sawyer bag, thinking he was going to take it and use it to flush his filter. No. The idiot tried again to force the water through the clogged filter and busted my spare Sawyer bag.
It gets worse. The guy had trenchfoot. Have you ever smelled trenchfoot? It literally smells like a dead body, because it is dead rotting skin. It blew us away.
I had to say something. I said, "You gotta cover up those feet or you can't stay in the shelter,. It smells way too much."
He apologized and said that he would put his socks back on and get into a sleeping bag and we wouldn't smell it, which we didn't.
Then he snored like a lawnmower all night.
In the morning, the other couple was talking softly, and I heard the husband whisper that they needed to get out of camp as soon as possible to get away from that guy. Apparently, he had been shadowing them for days, and they didn't want to spend another night with him in a shelter or a day on the trail with him.
The last time I stayed in a shelter, one guy snored more than you could ever imagine and louder than you could ever imagine, and it was all weird and uneven. I sounded like bebop jazz snoring. There wasn't even a rhythm to it. It was all kinds of weird and varied noises and grunts and cackles - things I can't describe. It was surreal. You couldn't fall asleep. It kept me awake all night.
There was one other guy in the shelter who got up in the middle of the night and slammed the privy door twice at midnight. He then hung around in the woods for about a half-hour and then went back to the privy and slammed the door two more times before returning to the shelter.
In the morning, he jetted off without joining us for breakfast. I soon found out why. He stole food for my Bear Vault that night, with his filthy privy hands. He was eating it between his midnight privy stops.
I let the snoring guy know that morning about his horrendous snoring and that maybe he should consider sleeping in tents for the rest of the trip.
And trying to be helpful, I also advised them to check out his vitamin levels because he had sleep apnea, a dangerous condition. Sleep apnea is caused by a vitamin deficiency.
Call be too bold, but it wasn't fair to other hikers that he had this ridiculous, insane, outrageous snoring that sounded like we were camping on an airport runway.
Instead of being cool and applogetic, he was gruff and gave me a dirty look. Zero empathy.
If you are sleeping in shelters, and you're reading this, please stop sleeping in shelters if you're going to snore. It's just not fair to other hikers. Don't be a jerk.
And that's why I don't use shelters any more.
I can relate to snorers and weirdos. 😅 I tried shaking one couple by hiking slower and taking more zeros, but somehow it took me a couple of weeks to get away from them. I did sleep in my tent at The Priest shelter because of one guy even though he was the only person in the shelter and had to keep hiking past another shelter because of another guy that was apparently living in the one behind the Italian restaurant across the street from the dinosaur. Can't recall what town that was in Virginia.
@@OG-PapaDude oh heck yea
MEGA GREAT VIDEO -- CHECK THE WEATHER AND USE WINTER GEAR ONLY NOBO ...DO NOT USE ULTRA LIGHT BACK PACK IN JAN THRU MARCH 15 .. THE WEATHER CAN BE DEADLY
The ATC's reason for late hang tags is on their website. It says:
The ATC cannot print new hangtags until we have the final, official Trail mileage for the coming year, which is often not released until December to give A.T. Clubs and partners time to complete calculations. The hangtags also take several weeks to print and ship.
Subscribed. Very very sad about the young triple crown Dad. Makes me wonder, and this is not the first time, if overconfidence played a role. I live near Yosemite and other than the inexperienced, I’ll-prepared and downright fools that will swim or take selfies in the water above 100’s foot falls, there have been a good share of “very experienced” backpackers that should not have met their demise.
Hiked in 2021, please be safe everyone.This time of year is very difficult for everyone. Few 0:04
NEVER break from the group to proceed, especially in WAIST DEEP SNOW, puts yourself and the people coming to rescue you at risk. very odd story as leading a group you should never leave your group.
Thanks for the update!🏔🏕👍👍👍👍✌️
Please don't imply he was guiding a group. He had started with a couple of friends, the friends had turned around.
Also, the helicopter didn't find him, a couple of the rescuers/I think they were his friends did (that had continued searching after searchers turned back)
More snow coming to newfound gap tonight. They will close maybe
Hey BANDINO
When you give updates, could you please put their names on the screen as you announce them? I’m having trouble understanding you I can’t even get your name right appreciate all you do stay warm next to that Fire 🔥
Okay, an experienced hiker, and a Outfitter, and yet when the people he was guiding, turned around, due to bad weather and deep snow, he didn't. I have no pity for the guy. Yeah, I know, that's harsh, but he would be alive today, if he had turned back with the group. As for the First Responders, They did what they could and they tried. So for them, I give a Thumbs Up.
Agreed, he could have turned back or brought fire starting gear and hunkered down below treeline. He was below treeline when he called 911 saying he was cold. Definitely kudos to the first responders for going out after him at 2:00 AM.
Agreed.
And if he was the "guide", how comes he didn't guide them back?
Surely that was his responsibility?
If the weather actually killed him, it couldn't have been much fun for the people who he was responsible for either?
Just to clarify, he was with two friends at beginning of hike, not guiding them. He was in white-out conditions, can't start fire in those conditions.
@Julia-en1ok it was white out conditions on Guyot above treeline, not below treeline where he called 911 from. If he had stayed put in that location and brought the right equipment with him, he could have started a fire. He instead chose to push it above treeline. It is what it is unfortunately.
Questions about shelters along AT. 1-why are the shelters 3 sided? 2-Why are they not like cabins with 4 walls and doors? 3-What is the "problem" with shelters as to why so many folks prefer to stay in their own tents? 4-who maintains/cleans, etc them?
I wondered the same thing until I stayed in a 4 sided shelter with windows on top of a mountain with 8 other stinky hikers. The smell! I was gagging and dry heaving. I opened the windows and still couldn’t sleep well because of the stench. Not just body odor, but rancid shoes and even worse socks and feet. Dirty clothes and gear. I was happy to stay in the 3 sided shelters after that.
had no idea, thx
@jesseejulian3875
Usually the state hiking club maintains the shelter, such as the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club. Each state generally has a group that maintains the trail and shelters. Its a huge undertaking done by volunteers.
thx
Spiders and rats/mice are the main reasons people don't use shelters, along with overcrowding. Thru hiker vloggers have really shined a light on some of the shelters issues. Not the fault of the people cleaning and maintaining the structures, spiders and rodents are in the forest and will make their home wherever they choose. Silk blazing is a thing for a reason 😊.
i guess Matthew/Triple 1 is not documenting his thru-hike on RUclips, which is fine.
How many deaths does there have to be before people carry a GPS device for their own safety? If he had had one, the odds of his survival would’ve been much higher. Also, what would have helped is good decision-making and turning around with his team, and just having the essentials, such as multiple devices for fire starting, a cookstove layers snow etc. etc. He may have had most of these things I’m not sure? Did he have anything with him to start a fire? Did he have the knowledge on how to start a fire in the snow? Did he have a GPS device? Like a Garmin in reach?
He was an extremely experienced hiker. He has a resume of any hiking out there. It was also most likely his downfall also. From what I have read it was 80 mile an hour winds from a freak storm. He was said to be not a turn around and go get it kinda guy from his family. So he made a deathly decision. But it looks like he had gear and was able to contact rescue and they knew his location but just could not get to him. Sometimes the weather is just more powerful than us.
No hate on GPS device but I think people depend on tech to get them out of a bad situation that should have never happened to begin with. Tech is great but so is turning around. A women died in the dead of winter near Mount Adams a few years ago and her GPS pinged all over the place. I know this area well and I am sure the weather was so brutal they simply could not reach him. There is actually and three-sided shelter in that area. I am sure he was aware of that. I don't know what actually happened, but I am sad for him, his family and friends.
@cavemandancer experienced hiker yes but that does not equal experienced woodsman. When he called for rescue he was below treeline, right near the Guyot shelter. If he had started a fire and stayed below treeline he'd still be with us. He obviously had no fire starting gear since he told 911 he was already cold at that point.
@@davem4193 I agree. but guyot shelter is full shelter so I couldn't imagine that is the case. I do not know their route or where the group turned back. My understanding is that it was below zero with gust up to 80 mile an hour and he was above the tree line. I have no idea what his gear was that he had but obviously was not good enough to keep him alive for the night and day tell they could reach him. Triple crown, and hiking some 40+ 4000 footers is in my book an experienced individual.
@cavemandancer experienced hiker does not equal experienced outdoorsman is my point. His location when he called 911 was below treeline between Bond and Guyot, that's where he told 911 that he was cold. 911 was able to triangulate his position to that location. If he had brought fire starting equipment, an emergency bivy and stayed below treeline he'd still be with us. Instead he tried to keep pushing up and over Guyot above treeline which is where his body was found. Proper gear and an emergency shelter kit will keep you alive even in those conditions, he didn't follow those rules and paid the ultimate price. We should all strive to learn from this.
Hi, I’m wondering where you heard Roma was leading a group that day. I know he ran a guide business and so did lead groups, but almost everything I’ve read is that he was hiking solo that day-which I assumed solo from the start. Do you have a link to to where you learned about him starting out with a group that I can check out? Thanks
I'll try and find that. The original 911 call was made by the people he started with.
It is a tragedy.
Folks, mind your limits. Especially in the Whites in the winter. Don't let vanity kill you, nor kill the emergency crews that will try to save you.
Vanity usually refers to appearance. I think you mean pride. I agree, this death is a tragedy.
@@Julia-b9x
I chose the right word and used it appropriately.
You should look up the definition before correcting others about the definitions of words.
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Does anyone know of anyone I can follow that isn't Slack Packing? It seems if you're rich enough your odds of completing the trail increase by 50%.
I wonder why his hiking party was intelligent enough to turn around and a triple crowner thought he could make it.
Was there a bunch of rescues during the weekend of January 12 to the 15???
Dk, why do you ask?
My co worker read it. But I never saw anything.
I wonder why he'd go out unprepared?
How do you become a trail angel?
Easy, go to a trail head and offer rides to town for free. Or offer soda or even water. Fresh food. Anything to do that helps hikers will be appreciated.
I just want to be sure I understand about this death--did you say he had been leading a group? Or did I misunderstand that?
He was leading a group, but they were experienced hikers so not a group of newbs
@@Ramdinohikes It's a very sad situation and outcome for him. If it was just a bunch of hiking buddies, then it's a case of individual responsibility but a leader should stay with their group.
Wasn't a group it was 2 other guys they turned back, and he went on and didnt make it
Very cold. Start a fire or make some sort of shelter to cut the wind chill. Maybe by the SURVIVAL numbers.S. SIZE UP THE SITUATION ,U. UNDUE HASTE MAKES WASTE, R.REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE AT, V. VANQUISH ALL FEAR AND PANIC, I.IMPROVISE, V. VALUE LIVING, A. ACT LIKE THE NATIVES, L. LEARN BASIC SURVIVAL SKILLS. I'm not God so I am not judging ain't my job. At kissurvival our motto is LBS ALWAYS PLAN FOR A SURVIVAL SITUATION AND MAY YOU NEVER BE IN ONE. Our sincere condolences to his family. I hope we all can learn from this situation how to avoid these pitfalls in our future.
Surprising a hiker with that much experience would make such a poor decision.
sad
The 12 tribes will pick you up for church. You might not come back that’s all.
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@Navy1977i agree with you. They probably are very nice people. I don’t honestly think they would bother anyone.
Doesn't sound like an "expert". That dude killed himself. Can't waste any compassion on complete fools.
All that hiking experience and he still makes such a stupid mistake. Very sad his ego got the best of him
@Navy1977I appreciate look, but if there is one thing I've noticed with regard to outdoor rescues when a woman is in a perilous situation, we judge her harshly by calling her dumb and triggering the needless lives of rescuers. But when a man is in a perilous situation we say oh well, he died doing what he loved.
@Navy1977 who in their right mind continues on in waist deep snow!? Egocentric testosterone fueled know it alls. Its sad but true
He would have killed all of the people except for the fact they knew it was dangerous. I guess being "experienced" does not make you an expert.
Dear God Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil 🙏...do people not pray on things 😢
It's unfortunate that you speak with no empathy in your voice tone. Whatever and you load this thing up with commercials. Prior to getting to your story doug shoe bush craft however does not
It's a shame that you don't take this anymore seriously than you do good luck to you
Geez, usually it's my wife griping about my tone. Now I gotta worry about a viewer?🤧
@@Ramdinohikeswe love you Ramdino and you DO speak with empathy and compassion. This person obviously doesn't understand that YouTubing doesn't pay a ton so an occasional ad or product endorsement keeps you and your lifesaving info reaching the t hiking community. Take care and Happy Sunday!!😊.
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