Thank you to everyone who helped us off the mountain
I do more reading than writing on snowest and I have read all of the post regarding the safe rescue of my girlfriend and myself. First of all; I have the upmost respect and gratitude to everyone who worked to assist us off the mountain especially Karl and Josh with Seattle mountain rescue who walked in several miles on snowshoes late into the night. I am not going to bash anybody’s effort or decision to help us, because they were all volunteers and did the best job they could and it was a GREAT JOB they did (PERIOD). Anyone can be a critic of others, but it's often too easy to judge the efforts of others than it is to judge ourselves. I and Rene'e are extremely grateful for my friends Bill, Curt, Dan, Ron and Phil for their efforts, knowledge, and commitment to do what they could to get us home. Bill was especially committed and dropped everything he was doing to make sure we got off of that mountain. I know Bill would have spent a week out there to get us home, if that's what it took, and I don't doubt that for a minute. Yes; there were decision that I made that can be scrutinized, but without knowing ALL of the details; please respect my knowledge, skills and commitment to the sport of snowmobiling and realize that, though I did make a few questionable decisions to be out there with an inexperienced rider in that terrain, I do push the limits of others to make them stronger and if the coin was flipped; I would have been out there all night rescuing my friends regardless of errors in judgment. We all make mistakes and for each decision we make; there is either a consequence or a reward. We suffered a consequence of spending two cold nights on the mountain; however I also feel we were rewarded by spending two nights on the mountain and we came home alive because of my knowledge, and ability to not panic and make rational, logical, safe decisions to keep us alive. I guess you can say I handed myself some lemons and I chose to make lemonade out of what I had, and being properly prepared, helped us stay alive. There is a lot more to the story than most of you know including my girlfriend getting injured. I wasn't ever trying to save my life, because I never thought for a minute that I would die on that mountain. I chose to save my girlfriend who simply could not continue on in those extreme conditions. We had plenty of food and water and even had a small fire and of course, shelter. Nevertheless it was extremely cold and I was concerned for her safety to spend another night out there when it got late Monday night. I could have possible road out or I could have walked out for sure alone, but I was not about to leave someone to die because of my earlier decision to drive on. Nevertheless; I want to again, thank each and every one who helped us get home and I am not going to criticize anyone for their efforts or tactics to get us home. THANK YOU EVERYONE------ JOB WELL DONE!!!!<O
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I do more reading than writing on snowest and I have read all of the post regarding the safe rescue of my girlfriend and myself. First of all; I have the upmost respect and gratitude to everyone who worked to assist us off the mountain especially Karl and Josh with Seattle mountain rescue who walked in several miles on snowshoes late into the night. I am not going to bash anybody’s effort or decision to help us, because they were all volunteers and did the best job they could and it was a GREAT JOB they did (PERIOD). Anyone can be a critic of others, but it's often too easy to judge the efforts of others than it is to judge ourselves. I and Rene'e are extremely grateful for my friends Bill, Curt, Dan, Ron and Phil for their efforts, knowledge, and commitment to do what they could to get us home. Bill was especially committed and dropped everything he was doing to make sure we got off of that mountain. I know Bill would have spent a week out there to get us home, if that's what it took, and I don't doubt that for a minute. Yes; there were decision that I made that can be scrutinized, but without knowing ALL of the details; please respect my knowledge, skills and commitment to the sport of snowmobiling and realize that, though I did make a few questionable decisions to be out there with an inexperienced rider in that terrain, I do push the limits of others to make them stronger and if the coin was flipped; I would have been out there all night rescuing my friends regardless of errors in judgment. We all make mistakes and for each decision we make; there is either a consequence or a reward. We suffered a consequence of spending two cold nights on the mountain; however I also feel we were rewarded by spending two nights on the mountain and we came home alive because of my knowledge, and ability to not panic and make rational, logical, safe decisions to keep us alive. I guess you can say I handed myself some lemons and I chose to make lemonade out of what I had, and being properly prepared, helped us stay alive. There is a lot more to the story than most of you know including my girlfriend getting injured. I wasn't ever trying to save my life, because I never thought for a minute that I would die on that mountain. I chose to save my girlfriend who simply could not continue on in those extreme conditions. We had plenty of food and water and even had a small fire and of course, shelter. Nevertheless it was extremely cold and I was concerned for her safety to spend another night out there when it got late Monday night. I could have possible road out or I could have walked out for sure alone, but I was not about to leave someone to die because of my earlier decision to drive on. Nevertheless; I want to again, thank each and every one who helped us get home and I am not going to criticize anyone for their efforts or tactics to get us home. THANK YOU EVERYONE------ JOB WELL DONE!!!!<O
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