Timeline for What to do if you are above timberline and your descent is cut off by a large forest fire?
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| Aug 11, 2018 at 13:21 | comment | added | paparazzo | @ChrisH Not going to argue with you. I stand by my answer. | |
| Aug 11, 2018 at 13:00 | comment | added | Chris H | Not residual CO, residual smouldering, over large areas. A campfire doesn't worry me in the slightest, but being surrounded by their glowing remains with no way of getting upwind would be a better model for the aftermath of a fire. | |
| Aug 10, 2018 at 21:49 | comment | added | paparazzo | @ChrisH Residual CO in a open environment? Does a camp fire worry you? | |
| Aug 10, 2018 at 15:22 | comment | added | Chris H | also (@cr0) I'd be concerned about carbon monoxide from residual smouldering | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 21:07 | comment | added | cr0 | I can't find the question but there was one here in the past about how long one needs to wait after a forest fire before walking around in the burned area. Most answers were "if you don't need to, don't for a while (months)". Maybe in this case the hikers would need to, but I'm still not sure it should be plan A or B or... | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 21:06 | comment | added | cr0 | I'm skeptical if this is a good idea considering how hazardous the ground could be if you follow the fire's wake. Even if there is not a fire burning on the surface, fire could be burning underground and/or the ground beneath you is more likely to give out than where fire has not just blazed through. | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 20:02 | history | edited | paparazzo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2018 at 16:44 | history | answered | paparazzo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |