>>1545815>summer 2018>Working for outdoor ed company as instructor>hiking into Dark Canyon, at the confluence of Lost & Lean-to Canyons out in Mante La Sal National Forest>110+ during the day, 85 degrees at night>Boss up at basecamp looks at Sundance Trailmap and says "yep, go there.">"it's a leadership course, they'll be fine!">Mid afternoon>it's 110 degrees>still have a 400 meter canyon wall to climb down, THEN another 3 miles or so until we reach camp>high school student clients are too out of shape for this>packs are too heavy>1200 fucking feet of near-vertical class 4 terrain with no ropes>pull program leader aside and tell him if we keep going, we're going to be in serious trouble>"nah dude it's fine lets keep going lol">2:00pm>we're still on the fucking canyon wall>another 200 meters to go>high schoolers start passing out from heat exhaustion left and right>fuck>finally get them down the wall at 4:00 in the afternoon>everyone dehydrated>all water used up>still 3 miles to go>finally reach camp at the confluence stream as the sun goes down>largest kid passes out during dinner>won't wake up>labored breathing>shunting fluid/color/heat to his core>shaking, convulsing, and momentary lack of respiration, going in cycyles>instructors panicking>kids panicking>two of four field staff sent out on the ridge to contact emergency services with sat phone and to triangulate our position>I'm left doing emergency medial shit with the program leader, who's panicking and useless>manage to stabilize patient, regulating his body temperature and fluid intake (despite 0 AOC level)>do this alone, for three fucking hours>helicopter finally arrives>finally convince the program leader to only hike while stars are out>get back to base-camp at end of program>chew out my boss who gave us shit beta on our location and sent us into one of the hottest, dryest, and most remote places in the countrydo not fuck with this place, it will kill you
