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Trapped hikers rescued by air

Glad they are safe - now send them a bill!

20 year olds often have more brawn than brains. These two are lucky to be alive. They could have easily died from hypothermia or falling. The mountains have a zero forgiveness policy and you have to respect that when you are in them otherwise bad things can happen in a hurry. Climbing in the winter poses additional threats not found in summer such as hypothermia, avalanche, and lack of traction around cliffs due to ice and snow.

Nothing like a long cold night on a mountain to encourage better preparedness. Wait till they get the bills...when LifeFlight shows up they bring a big price tag.

thank goodness

First you all complain that too many kids today are wasting away playing video games and getting fat.

now when you someone active staying in shape and keeping their future medical bills low you want to penalize them for a mistake that surely they will learn from and pass on to others.

i would think that with a high Mormon population descendants of pioneers that there would be more support for these kids and more promotion of out door activity in God's country instead of investing in sloth and gluttony in front of X-Box

a community was stuck on the mountain- not two young men as back in the day when people had the guts to travel to these lands by foot, and horseback

"a mistake that surely they will learn from and pass on to others."

what makes you so sure they leaned anything from this? A few years ago a group about the same age were all killed snow boarding down an avalanche chute on Timpanogos. Really really poor judgement but they didn't live to tell about it. These same snow boarders had done similar dumb things before their fatal Timp episode so some kids just don't learn unless you are able to grab their attention in a BIG way after the first mistake. These boys are lucky to have a second chance.

Wisdom is learned, sometimes, the hard way. Glad they are safe. But to blame Mormons in anyway because someone criticize the wisdom of these two young men hiking alone on Sunday only shows that your comments have a bigoted bias that you need to learn from about and gain wisdom from yourself!

I'm with safety first on this one, happy that these kids are alive and kicking, now send them a bill.

There's a big difference between sitting on one rear end getting fat as opposed to going out into terrain you're not familiar with and risking your life. However, neither are very wise.

I'm ok with people taking risk. But when things go bad, don't go asking the "community" to bail them out. That goes for mountain climbers, investment bankers and people who eat too much. Pay for the life-flight, financial package and triple bi-pass with your own money, not mine.

What in the world happened to personal responsibility?

I enjoy the outdoors. I'm in my late 40s and in better shape than most men half my age. But I don't take stupid risks, and if I did, I would expect to have to pay to be rescued from them.

No, a community wasn't stuck on the mountain, but a community had to go rescue a couple of idiots who were.

@unbelievable,you are pitiful with your daily anti-LDS bigotry.
And with today's shrinking funds in every resource we have, these rescue efforts for careless/mindless behavior are only adding to the problem.
And will soon result in not being able to assist those who need rescued due to serious accidents.
These adventurers who risk other's lives and our tax dollars should be liable and responsible for their actions.

"Unbelievable" 12:18 p.m. - Your comments are nothing but bigoted, judgmental and especially unkind. (But I sense that means nothing to you!) Glad the kids are OK!

The cuddling comment just brought back visions from "Without a Paddle". Made me LOL.

I hope they didn't suffer TOO much!

Agree completely.

"No, a community wasn't stuck on the mountain, but a community had to go rescue a couple of idiots who were. "

These idiots rarely think about the families of rescuers who often lose loved ones trying to save someone from a stupid mistake.

If you are a real estate speculator, a Wall St banker, a gambler or just a mountain climber, think about the consequesnces to those around you and those who have to bail you out when things go wrong.

They are just creating jobs.

We owe them a big thanks.

"Inexperienced" and "Unprepared". Says a lot. Glad they're okay because often it doesn't turn out this well when those two words are combined. Kudos to those who got them off the mountain!!

Kudos to the rescuers. They were wonderful and unbelieveable. Two sons and rescue personnel are safe. Hallelujah!

and skill by the rescuers. Be certain to send the hikers an invoice for their lack of preparation.