Office retreat gone wrong: Co-workers leave man on Colorado mountain overnight
Heather Willard
Tue, August 27, 2024 at 11:00 AM PDT4 min read
A worker on an office hiking retreat to a national forest in Colorado had to be rescued after 14 of his colleagues allegedly left him stranded on a 14,230-foot mountain, authorities said.
"In what might cause some awkward encounters at the office in the coming days and weeks, one member of their party was left to complete his final summit push alone," Chaffee County, Colorado, Search and Rescue said in a statement.
The team-building expedition gone wrong unfolded Friday on Mt. Shavano in central Colorado's San Isabel National Forest, according to search-and-rescue officials.
"Initial reports to our communications center indicated a group of 15 hikers on an office retreat had left the Blanks Cabin Trailhead at sunrise that morning, with a group completing summit attempts and a separate group ascending to the saddle [area of the mountain] and returning from there," rescuers said in the statement.
While 14 employees made it down the mountain safely, rescue officials said one was left to complete the summit push alone.
The lone employee made it to the summit at 11:30 a.m., but when he tried to descend, "he became disoriented," according to rescue officials.
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Making matters worse, his colleagues descending the mountain ahead of him inexplicably collected belongings left in a boulder field to mark the path down, officials said.
"In his initial attempts to descend, he found himself in the steep boulder and scree field on the northeast slopes toward Shavano Lake," according to officials.
A worker on an office hiking retreat to a national forest in Colorado had to be rescued after 14 of his colleagues allegedly left him stranded on a 14,230-foot mountain, authorities said. "In what might cause some awkward encounters at the office in the coming days and weeks, one member of...
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