Tringa wrote:I can understand not wanting to be the one who bailed out. Even though it is the sensible thing to do and not in anyway an indication of being a wimp, it is sometime difficult. If the lady in question was by herself then it was just her bad judgment. If with a party what were they doing? It was obvious to the OP she was in, at the very least, distress.
There is also the pressure of being there. If you have made a journey to do a hill then the 'doing' of it overtakes everything, including bad weather..
There could be a sign at the bottom of every mountain (which I would not advocate) that says,
"On any day of the year you might experience the following weather on this mountain -
warm sunshine,
calm,
wind that can blow you over,
torrential persistent rain/snow/sleet/hail,
visibility of tens of miles,
visibility of less than six feet, and
any of these can last for anywhere between five minutes and several hours.
but I suspect it would not have any effect.
Dave
She was with two other people who were, at points, physically carrying/dragging her against the wind. I felt kind of uncomfortable at the situation, as a witness. I sort of wanted to just shout at them and tell them to get her off the hill asap. It does seem as though she had maybe tagged along with them, for whatever reason, and not known how wild it could be on the hills.