Trail runner rescued during stormy night near Mt. Tam

Well done, MCSO SAR!

Send buddy boy out their next weekend to cover the area. Maybe take novato voter with him

Great! Thank you for saving the guy from "the Concord".
By the way how much is his bill?

Dear Knucklehead- Please buy a cell phone and GPS device if you must venture into the wilderness.

Thank you to all the volunteers who went out in the
cold, dark, rainy night to help find this person and bring him back safe.

Another clueless visitor getting lost on Tam...BTW how do you get lost on Mt Tam?

FatFreddysCat wrote:

Dear Knucklehead- Please buy a cell phone and GPS device if you must venture into the wilderness.

right on ....

St. John said he was hypothermic to the point of uncontrolled shivering and was "very much in need of rescue."

"He was able to walk out with the assistance of the team."

Am I missing something here...?

Stark: why don't you run in your backyard! Mt Diablo State Park would be a start!

Brian Sheyfield wrote:

St. John said he was hypothermic to the point of uncontrolled shivering and was "very much in need of rescue."
"He was able to walk out with the assistance of the team."
Am I missing something here...?

I think he was an inexperienced hiker, plain and simple.

why he not carry his cell phone with him . he should pay something for this ,but then he should go out and help other people next time this happens .

Sounds like his ego got in the way of common sense.

That would never happen to the champ.

Jogging can be very hazardous to your health.

this guy is stupid, the trails are all well marked and its almost impossible to get lost up there unless you wonder off the trails...and he didn't bring his sweatshirt and cell cause the thought he wouldn't need them!?!?!..its a wet forest and its also winter..any one with common sense would KNOW to bring a sweatshirt or jacket, and depending on what time he started the hike, he should have had a headlamp or flashlight, this man was unprepared and made some very unintelligent choices,its stupid to go into the forest alone..ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE! this man should NEVER be allowed out of his home without supervision.

Guy, You are a ding-a-ling. Don't run a unfamilair trail in the late afternoon in bad weather. Sound good? Thank you and have a happy new year.

Lets give this guy a break.
The world is full of idiots and idiots is a relative term as we are all idiots at some time.
I'm an idiot for posting this.
Let's practice compassion for the idiot.

I'm glad he's okay but he should be billed for being negligent. If you want to go into the wilderness, expect to pay for the rescue. Especially if you can;t be bothered to learn the terrain, carry a cell phone, gps, whatever. And it's not even remote wilderness. Taxpayers can ill afford to continually subsidize rescuing careless people.

The One wrote:

this guy is stupid, the trails are all well marked and its almost impossible to get lost up there unless you wonder off the trails...and he didn't bring his sweatshirt and cell cause the thought he wouldn't need them!?!?!..its a wet forest and its also winter..any one with common sense would KNOW to bring a sweatshirt or jacket, and depending on what time he started the hike, he should have had a headlamp or flashlight, this man was unprepared and made some very unintelligent choices,its stupid to go into the forest alone..ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE! this man should NEVER be allowed out of his home without supervision.

Spot on!

"Stark told rescuers that a shelter he'd built next to the trail worked well during the first splash of rain but not so later on. Along with the cloudbursts, thunder and lightning, Stark said he was spooked by thoughts of unwanted visitors."

Lay off the meth. what a nitwit.