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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 86 points 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.

[-] extant@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Sounds like they fixed the glitch.

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 40 points 3 months ago

"this retreat is mandatory. it helps build trust"

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 38 points 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.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

You cook fish in the office microwave one time...

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 32 points 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...

[-] WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 months ago

From another news story covering this: "The man reached the peak of Mount Shavano around 11:30 a.m. but, when he turned to descend the mountain, became disoriented when he found that the group had picked up the belongings being used as trail markers as they hiked down before him, according to search and rescue officials."

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

When pack it out goes wrong...

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Like, from this article? That the guy you replied to didn't read?

[-] ElectricTrombone@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

His group failed him. If someone needs to stop for a rest someone else should have stayed with him.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] gdog05@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

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

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 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 points 3 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 13 points 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 points 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 points 3 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.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I didn't understand that party of the article.

[-] ninjabard@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

There better be a raise involved at minimum.

[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Yeah a raise in the form of a lawsuit payout

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 11 points 3 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

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Gotta love team building exercises.

[-] Whirlygirl9@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 3 months ago
[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Reminds me of that episode of the Office when Michael turns his suit jacket into a head cover

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago

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