He survived stormy weather and multiple falls after reaching a Colorado mountain summit on his own.

A hiker was rescued from a mountain in the US state of Colorado after being apparently left behind the previous day by his colleagues during an office retreat.

The unnamed man got lost and found himself without phone signal after being left by colleagues who went ahead without him, the Chaffee County Search and Rescue team said.

He endured stormy weather and multiple falls before being found in a “large search effort” the next morning. He was stabilised and taken to hospital, but there has been no further update on his condition.

  • MagicShel@programming.dev
    871·
    3 months ago

    The officials suggested the incident “might cause some awkward encounters at the office in the coming days and weeks”.

    To say the least. Nothing builds teams like leaving a man behind to die.

    They might as well confiscate his Swingline while they’re at it.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    446·
    3 months ago

    In their statement, officials said the hiker reached the summit on his own at about 11:30 local time (17:30 GMT), but became “disorientated” on his descent.

    His colleagues are said to have told him that he was on the wrong route, and suggested that he regain the trail.

    Sounds more like he left them, not that they left him.

  • Entropywins@lemmy.world
    409·
    3 months ago

    If your group says you’re going the wrong way and to regain the trail you weren’t left behind you got yourself fucking lost…

  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
    25·
    3 months ago

    Monday gonna be aaaaawkward. “Oh hey, Bob… surprised to see you…” knowing glance at coworkers

  • gdog05@lemmy.world
    201·
    3 months ago

    We’re a family here! I don’t know where these trust issues of yours come from…

    • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      I don’t know, my first thought was a rewards trip I went on where I could hear the salesman on the balcony next to me talking about all the cocaine he’d been doing.

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
    15·
    2 months ago

    He stopped for a break. His colleagues went ahead without him(why? Why would you leave someone behind?) He got disoriented. Drops a pin for help (aka asks for help). They tell him to hike back up then come down on the right trail.

    Why he didn’t we don’t know. His colleagues didn’t call for a search party. They didn’t go after him. He had to try to get enough signal to do that himself. Where were they at?

    If your colleague isn’t showing up in a reasonable amount of time wouldn’t you call someone to help look for him?

    Yeah he’ll be pissed and probably look for a new job.

  • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
    2513·
    3 months ago

    Look at all the comments from people who didn’t read the article and automatically assume this headline accurately describes the situation!

    He got himself lost despite his coworkers telling him he was going the wrong way.

    • Professorozone@lemmy.world
      28·
      3 months ago

      I read the article and I think you paint just as an inaccurate picture. His colleagues went ahead without him. They friggin left him behind. They told him he was going the wrong way via messaging. It’s not like he insisted they were wrong as they are telling him to his face he was going the wrong way.

      The article doesn’t say why they went ahead of him and no one stayed behind, so we can only speculate and hope that that level of carelessness was actually warranted.

      • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
        11·
        2 months ago

        Not only did they leave him behind, but they also picked up the markers they brought on the way down. They created the conditions for him to become lost in the first place.

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 months ago

    I bet you his boss called the next day asking why his hospital stay is preventing him from coming to work while telling him to be a team player