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Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
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XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
sounds like he failed in his first attempt to win a Darwin award....
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XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
Based on the information in the article, which won't be complete, could it be the case that, as he hasn't raised the alarm himself - he was 'reported missing' - he had no expectation that a search party had been organised?
And, therefore, no reason to believe that the calls he ignored might be from the searchers?
Just trying to make sense of the story rather than defend the guy.
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XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
Perhaps the altitude has addled his brain
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Watis wrote:XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
Based on the information in the article, which won't be complete, could it be the case that, as he hasn't raised the alarm himself - he was 'reported missing' - he had no expectation that a search party had been organised?
You mean the incomplete information in the article that says:
"Lake county search and rescue said the man reported having “no idea” anyone was out looking for him."
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XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
Odd how your "BBC News" link shows the story in The Guardian
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kiloran wrote:XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
Odd how your "BBC News" link shows the story in The Guardian
--kiloran
Might be a problem with his DNS server?
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kiloran wrote:XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
Odd how your "BBC News" link shows the story in The Guardian
Oops!
It wasn't me up that mountain, honest.
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Well. I will defend him.
If I'm out, although I don't go up mountains, I don't, won't, answer unknown calls on my mobile. I go to great lengths to ensure that people, other than very close relatives, ie wife & children, do not get to know my number. Therefore any call I don't recognise is treated as spam.
ten0rman
If I'm out, although I don't go up mountains, I don't, won't, answer unknown calls on my mobile. I go to great lengths to ensure that people, other than very close relatives, ie wife & children, do not get to know my number. Therefore any call I don't recognise is treated as spam.
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XFool wrote:Hiker lost on US mountain ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognise the number
BBC News
Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered
Can't a chap get some peace and quiet without some busybody interfering? That's an important point of going hiking any mountain region!
You mean the incomplete information in the article that says:
"Lake county search and rescue said the man reported having “no idea” anyone was out looking for him."
Reminds me of the time I went for an evening swim (across a very large lake) and someone reported me as a suspected suicide. Though I didn't have a phone with me.
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Re: I am out at the moment...
ten0rman wrote:Well. I will defend him.
If I'm out, although I don't go up mountains, I don't, won't, answer unknown calls on my mobile. I go to great lengths to ensure that people, other than very close relatives, ie wife & children, do not get to know my number. Therefore any call I don't recognise is treated as spam.
ten0rman
Same here. I go to great lengths to ensure that known callers are in the phone's directory so future calls will show who it is. Besides, if it's really urgent, they are quite capable of sending an SMS text, explaining why they need to contact me.
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