06-11-2019, 05:20 PM
hilodiver - I suspect you are correct, ten seconds is just enough time to lift a patient in a stretcher and put them down again! As for how dangerous hiking on Mauna Kea is, well, I don't know the exact location of the incident, but if the hiker was on cinder that stuff can be particularly nasty as I found out myself many years ago when walking between observatories - managed to shred my knee.
The rescuers did a great job, thank you PTA staff and the Mauna Kea rangers. As for the suggestion that they might carry supplemental oxygen, I don't think that's a bad idea at all.
The rescuers did a great job, thank you PTA staff and the Mauna Kea rangers. As for the suggestion that they might carry supplemental oxygen, I don't think that's a bad idea at all.