Every parent's worst Nightmare | The Cairngorm Disaster

[@TheExtreme-Edge]

What a tragic, preventable disaster. Would YOU ever go hiking in the Scottish Cairngorms?

[@drats1279]

Yes I would and have several times. My friends and I were extremely prepared each time and had a wonderful experience on all of our trips.

[@shadysif6220]

Nope.

[@fprefect1000]

Definitely, it’s only a short train ride away for me!

[@rickyricardo4552]

What happened to your Everest video?

[@crusader.survivor]

I would love it! I am a Canadian that has lived both off-grid and in civilization throughout the Canadian Pacific Northwest.

[@brucegwynn47]

The leaders were 18, 20, and 23 years old, how in the hell did the school superintendent or anyone think that these 3 young people could takes care of teenagers on a snow covered mountain

[@ltlwlwl5057]

They weren't Gen Z.

[@angrydoggy9170]

It depends on training and experience, common sense and decent gear, not necessarily age. I’ve lead groups in worse conditions when I was 18. I’m 50 now and I’m taking my family (9 and 11 year old kids and the wife) on a 2 months hiking trip in the alps. I feel less comfortable than I was at 18 because I just don’t have the strength and condition to deal with emergency issues.

[@alansgail]

Tragic, basically the blind leading the blind.

[@jamesm3471]

Without preparation, proper equipment, and actual experience, ANY mountain can easily become lethal.

[@michaelosgood9876]

Apparently so! -- these 'mountains' are little more than hills...

[@crusader.survivor]

New subscriber due to your well researched well made video with actual pictures!

[@TheExtreme-Edge]

That's fantastic to hear! Welcome aboard! 🎉 I'm glad you found the video informative and engaging.

[@crusader.survivor]

@@TheExtreme-Edge Thank you!

[@ScienceFactsOfficial]

Great content, as usual :D

[@TheExtreme-Edge]

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it! 😄

[@peter-s1r3f]

The US Department of Defense started the GPS project in 1973 and its full constellation of 24 satellites became operational in 1993, first for military use and three years later for civilian use as well. I wish people would do some research before they start giving out advice.

[@pnw-coast]

Right! The narrator said they should have had "signal locating devices" without considering that those devices didn't exist in 1971.

[@angrydoggy9170]

@@pnw-coastIn those days and even a few decades later, you would rely on maps and terrain knowledge.

[@liamdonaldson7801]

personal gps locators were not readily available to civilians back then.

[@DaydreamGeneration]

This unfortunately reminds me of the Mount Hood disaster in 1986 in Oregon

[@Bluebell8967-f3n]

Leaders way too young just a few years older than school students plus inexperienced . Many Stupid Mistakes. Give me Strength.

[@GOATALLUgaming]

@2:32 Cairn Gorm summit is nowhere near there that pin...

[@Grnfinger]

Whos idea was it for the exoerienced hikers to split from the less experienced? Hiw does one gain experience and knowledge unless they are with someone more advanced than themselves??

[@Jen-rose76]

Wow I really don’t get it. With this and many other bad things happening on “school trips” you would think we would have learned something. That people would look back and say we need to do better with children!! Yet even today “ school trips” get children killed thanks to poor planning!! Breaks my heart!! R.I.P. to all those lost thanks to adults making bad choices. 💙🙏🏽🩷 One of my children has ptsd thanks to a “school trip”!! They use those words and it makes parents feel more secure. I have learned the hard way no one takes better care of our children than we do. ( most parents anyway not all). 😢 Sending love and support to family and friends I know that even to this day people are still affected by this horrible “school trip”. 😢

[@adambane1719]

"One of my children has ptsd thanks to a “school trip” ..... hahahaha, oh give the poor boy a little blanket !!! ffs

[@isabellind1292]

@@adambane1719 We used to take school day trips to museums & historical homes & sites and Broadway plays. We weren't subjected to do stuff that wanted to kill us.

[@Koyoshinkai]

Why did so many Noobs take on treacherous journeys to the mountains with impending storms looming, this happened all over the World, they kept doing it with the same results over & over again.

[@fprefect1000]

Lagganlia is still an outdoor centre used by most of the schools in Edinburgh to this day… things are rather safer now!

[@jimhenderson387]

I found this story to be both interesting and tragic. But what kept bothering me were the picture. Were any of them from the actual school group? Were all the black and white pictures of this expedition or were they just random old photos? Im assuming all the color photos were more modern, but it would be helpful for some of us to have guidance on the images being shown.

[@kayyleiggh]

The highest mountain in the Cairngorms is Ben Macdui not Cairn Gorm

[@shadysif6220]

Kids leading kids. Sad.

[@gillmanningscox9662]

Definitely not the ‘last wild area of the UK’ !!

[@gillmanningscox9662]

Bothies are not temporary

[@adambane1719]

@@gillmanningscox9662 Exactly, they never heard of Wales, or Scotland? Ireland is super wild too, however none of Ireland is actually in the UK.

[@buzzbartholomew3714]

​@@adambane1719Apart from Northern Ireland - which is part of the UK.

[@adambane1719]

@@buzzbartholomew3714 Yeah not really

[@angrydoggy9170]

The suburbs are more dangerous than any “wild area”.

[@leecevictoria481]

We're a small island, the size of Texas, what can we say? Lol

[@jimmyyarbrough9883]

Scotland is way smaller than Texas. It's about the size of South Carolina.

[@margarita8442]

was smoking allowed ?

[@peter-s1r3f]

WOW only 2 minutes in and its adverts already.think i will just leave it

[@adambane1719]

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[@kalliamanoussaki876]

Scotland is full of wild nature. I think you are confusing it with England

[@dizzymindy6024]

Stopping themselves from sliding down a mountain is called self-arrest, at least that’s what we call it. Self-arresting takes some training and some practice.

[@tinafatbottom8069]

save herself bwahhhhh

[@Bruce-ec3xk]

No i wouldn't climb this mountain or any other nor would i jump out of a plane / bungee jump / caving/ scoobadiving or any other thing that i could lose my life all that do these things are adrenaline junkies but not me im fine with my two feet our on the ground my condolences to all who have died from doing what they loved R.I.P

[@drats1279]

I have done all of these things along with many friends and we are all still alive. Scooba is spelled scuba. So you do nothing that may cause you to loose your life. How about getting up in the morning, eating the wrong foods, consuming alcohol, lack of exercise, walking across the street, stepping off a curb, driving or riding in a car, swimming, standing in a wet shower, jogging, not getting enough water, drinking too much water, going out at night, riding a bicycle, riding a motorcycle, hunting, riding in a boat, passenger in a boat, passenger in a car, playing any sport, gambling, and so on. You are missing out on life and may die from anxiety brought on by worrying too much.

[@isabellind1292]

@@drats1279 You're making a terrible analogy to compare participating in high risk sports to stepping off a curb on the way to WORK! And just for the record, it's "lose" your life. And just because someone doesn't participate in high risk sports doesn't mean they're missing out on life because they don't do what you do. You may die from anxiety trying to armchair psychoanalyze everyone who doesn't march by the beat of your drum.