Originally Posted By TomD
I watched a couple of newsclips of his rescue. He had a tent from what I could see and a parka, but not sure if that was given to him by the rescuer before he was winched up into the helo. He didn't have shoes on for some reason-probably soaked is my guess. No snowshoes either, which pretty much stranded him from what he said-took him hours to go a short distance.


The hiker had his own tent and parka. He was sitting in the tent with his boots off when the rescuers arrived.