{"id":84455,"date":"2024-03-08T15:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&p=84455"},"modified":"2024-03-08T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:48:31","slug":"a-young-adventurers-humbling-lesson-the-unexpected-value-of-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/survivor-stories\/a-young-adventurers-humbling-lesson-the-unexpected-value-of-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Young Adventurer’s Humbling Lesson: The Unexpected Value of Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back when I knew little of preparedness, I loved to joke about a PLB being the most useless gift I’d received \u2013 “I’ve just never had a use for it, Mum!” I was, and perhaps still am, a classic young ‘Kiwi’: dumb, keen, and optimistic.<\/p>\n

It started on a 4-day trip with a few mates into the Southern Alps<\/a>. Great time hanging out, walking for days, and talking nonsense. Each day we bashed further up the river, getting higher and higher until the 3rd day when we would ascend a pass into the next valley.<\/p>\n

As we ascended, things got snowy, and we realized we were in over our heads. Blind optimism turned into a realization that we were on steep snowy slopes above bluffs.<\/p>\n

With limited knowledge and a storm coming, we popped out our ResQLink 400 PLB<\/a>. About an hour later, a heli crew picked us up, avoiding the need for a winch or stretcher.<\/p>\n

There were significant lessons learned about trip planning and the importance of acquiring skills for mountain safety. Though the rescue was a little embarrassing, it sparked a journey of growth \u2013 leading to avalanche, climbing, and mountaineering courses.<\/p>\n

Now that I prioritize preparedness, I hit the mountains every weekend, learning from mentors and friends, all thanks to that “useless” gift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we ascended, things got snowy, and we realized we were in over our heads. Blind optimism turned into a realization that we were on steep snowy slopes above bluffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36733,"featured_media":0,"template":"","survivor-category":[17],"terrain":[21],"survivor-event":[2717],"survivor-cause":[126],"survivor-rescue":[139],"class_list":["post-84455","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","hentry","survivor-category-hiking","terrain-mountain","survivor-event-challenging-terrain","survivor-cause-weather","survivor-rescue-local-search-and-rescue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories\/84455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/survivor-stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"survivor-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-category?post=84455"},{"taxonomy":"terrain","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/terrain?post=84455"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-event?post=84455"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-cause","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-cause?post=84455"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-rescue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-rescue?post=84455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}