Two Rescued Backpackers Offer a Glimpse of What NOT to Do When Hiking Mt. Whitney

Yikes. Almost 100lbs of gear each, no water filtration, and more. Please take more care out there, hikers!

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Leaving your shoes outside the tent? I wouldn't do that on a dry summer day.
My day pack is 15lbs. with a 6-pack in it and I am loaded for about whatever. I'm shocked they made it over 2-miles toting 100lbs. each!
- They were clearly woefully unprepared for an actual backpacking trip. It's no big deal to learn from one's mistakes, of course. I'm just glad this misadventure didn't turn deadly...