What Is Up With Louis

Addendum to 2/27/20 Each day we learn something new regarding Louis' rescue and need to share and acknowledge that this rescue was a collaboration of so many people. Erme was kind enough to track down an initial list of names/agencies who worked in concert to make this rescue possible. Mapleton Fire & Rescue was the primary EMS agency Chief Glasgow Asst. Seamons Captain Millet Paramedic me John Higgins AEMT Jordyn Gillespie EMT Ethan Starr EMT Andrew Lenard EMT Ben Dunford AEMT Bryce Baldwin AEMT Alyssa Anderson Paramedic Other Agencies on scene: Mapleton Police Dept LifeFlight - helped with location and dropped bag of extra supplies DPS Helicopter Hoist Utah County Search and Rescue Hikers (29 amazing volunteers) If anyone has additional information, please comment and let us know.  Each and every one of you have our deepest gratitude, Louis would not be here with out you!

Good Morning Team LOL (Love On Louis) I asked Erme to write up his account of the accident and rescue in order to maintain some sort of integrity to the account. See below: Myself, and Jacki have been fielding questions regarding what happened so she asked me to put together a write up of the events leading up to the accident and rescue. I’ve told some friends and the word has gotten out a bit – but here is my account. First things first, this wasn’t a case of a poor decision, avalanche risk, or extreme radical terrain. The most accurate way to describe it would be as a freak accident with a horrible outcome.    Louis and I were skiing on the Mapleton Burn, which is near Provo. It’s a burn area that a few of our friends have skied and one we wanted to return to and shoot after skiing some other burns last year for a Backcountry Magazine story.  We set out in the afternoon - the plan was to shoot end of day light as it lit up the west and northwest faces. Af...