A group of ill-prepared climbers had to be rescued because Gemini told them climbing Mt. Shasta would only take 8 hours.

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[–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wat? WHAT? Ive not climbed anything close to shasta, we dont even have peaks that high where i live but im much much more responsible when planning. Who even goes "uhh yeah 6 hours sounds about right" to a peak above 4k??? I mean sure i can climb 4000 meters elevation in 6 hours, thats about my pace but you also have to get down and i imagine those are not easy trails. All if this is so stupid especially since they were climbers cause tou are not just climbing that high randomly, youd give up much faster but that means these idiots climbed stuff successfully before which is insane.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    It took them 16 hours just to reach the summit. That was already 7PM on August 30, way past the recommended turnaround time of 12PM

    Not sure what kind of "climbers" they are, but I would have known a long time before then that their plans were going off the rails.

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