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Boot Upright in April: The Mountaineer's Last Four Hours

Boot Upright in April: The Mountaineer's Last Four Hours

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Boot Upright in April: The Mountaineer's Last Four Hours

A single La Sportiva high-altitude double boot stood upright in the snow beside a frozen creek at 8,112 feet with its lace still tied and no damage - found by a birdwatcher who had checked that spot every April for eleven years. Four climbers, a guide with a 22-year record of turning back when the math failed, and a weather model that was off by four hours: what happened in the last four hours on Tolliver's Crown that left one boot and no clean answers?

In this episode, we follow the team's timeline from Camp Two at 13,040 feet to the summit push that began at 1:00 a.m., track conflicting GPS positions and a twelve-minute radio silence, and consider the decision made at 3:17 p.m. that no one on the mountain would walk back from. How did a storm arriving four hours early and a forty-meter GPS divergence turn an experienced team's attempt into a tragedy?

Person: Diane Casey
Age: 62
Location: Bozeman, Montana

Person: Cheryl Riley
Age: 44
Experience: 22 years professional guiding

Event: Camp Two established at 13,040 feet on April 14
Event: Summit push began at 1:00 a.m. on April 15

- Boot found at 8,112 feet beside a frozen creek on the morning of April 19 with lace still tied and no damage.
- Diane Casey had completed eleven summits above 7,000 meters and had attempted Tolliver's Crown twice before.
- Team left Camp Two at 1:00 a.m.; Kevin Pace's GPS logged 13,800 feet at 4:08 a.m.
- Joel Strand's GPS logged a position 40 meters north and 12 meters lower at 4:12 a.m., indicating significant drift.
- Radio silence began at 4:47 a.m. and lasted twelve minutes until 4:59 a.m.

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