by rohan » Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:42 pm
Bizarre behaviour. I am always dumping my stuff, all over the hills but I always come back for it. Wierd also that their supposition was suicide . My first thought would be "smart move by someone" . If the gear looked like it had been there for a while it might up my concern but only then to "accident maybe". They would have got a bit of advice from Mountain Rescue though if they had called them.
On the otherside of things I remember a man telling me and my walking companion that we SHOULD have dumped our bags as we walked from Carn Eighe to Benn Fhoinnlaidh. We gentlly told him that we were going on from Fhionnlaidh to Mullach na Dheiragain and Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan to finish the 6 around Glen Affric Y.H. He was rather put out and I think he had been showing off to his companions about how "hill-wise" he was. Maybe the same affliction suffered by your guy?