Blake Summers
Appearances
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
You pass Mira Lake, pretty well-known big lake out there, and then you come to what's called Hayden Peak, and it's kind of the biggest, most striking formation out there you can see.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
It's right off Mary Lake Highway, so it's like pretty well known. A lot of people there, a lot of horse packers.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
We were just focused. You know, you didn't have a choice but to do everything you could at the moment.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
hanging out and being excited to see him, and a couple hours passed.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
That was the most frustrating part, that he had a GPS unit, but we couldn't see where he was with it because it's not that kind of a device.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
And so, you know, we hiked out the trail a little ways, still not there.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
You know, that's when you start thinking, uh, what was his plan B? And I don't, I don't remember talking about that. We might have of what the plan B was of like, if you're not here, next steps.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
Probably called Devin and was like, how do we get in touch with her to let her know he didn't show up?
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
You come back the next day, okay, maybe they'll be there. They'll hitchhike out.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
There was a trailhead kiosk that had a notebook in it. And, you know, it said trail registry or something on it. And sign this and put where you're going, your time out.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
I think that just starts the unknown of like, you just don't know.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
You know, it's gotten harder. It's started to become almost like ice.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
You have no information, and you just start, you know, thinking through every scenario and what the terrain is and what the exit points could have been that he could have gone on.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
Not being the sheriff, like, I didn't have a full picture on everything that was happening.
Uinta Triangle
The Tyranny of Distance
Other things are being coordinated, you know, like the helicopters and the horses and things like that.