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倒塌帐篷中发现睡袋,两名科罗拉多州大学生仍下落不明
Kaden Matsuda和Jackson Donlon的睡袋及其他装备仍留在安湖附近那顶被积雪压塌的帐篷里。这一发现找到了他们的营地,而不是学生本人;深雪也限制了搜寻行动。
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他们的睡袋还在帐篷里,Kaden Matsuda和Jackson Donlon却不见了。10月27日星期二中午前后,一架直升机在科罗拉多州查菲县北部的安湖附近发现一个物体。随后派出的地面小组发现,失踪的大学生所住的帐篷被积雪压塌,睡袋旁边还有一台炉子和一些衣物。两人都不在那里。2
这一发现让救援人员找到了露营地点,却没有提供可追寻的方向。警员报告说,帐篷下方没有积雪,附近也看不到脚印——这些观察结果支持了他们的判断:帐篷是在周末降雪前搭起的。但这些线索无法确定学生最后一次待在帐篷里的时间、帐篷何时倒塌,或他们之后去了哪里。2
这正是周二这项突破的局限所在:找到学生的避难处,并不能确定他们现在还有什么地方可以躲避。留下的装备只是露营地的物品清单,并不是两人随身携带物品的清单。
来自五个县的约50名搜寻人员周二返回现场,搜救犬和航空器也再次出动。截至当天的通报,队员找到了学生的车辆和帐篷,但没有找到任何一名学生。深雪阻碍了搜寻人员前往他们计划前往的目的地冰山;警长Andy Rohrich警告说,本周晚些时候可能出现的更多恶劣天气,会进一步压缩搜寻时间窗口。3
计划路线,而非已确认路线
19岁的Matsuda来自科罗拉多州里奇韦,正在学习成为一名野外消防员。20岁的Donlon来自纽约,正在学习成为一名山地向导。两人都就读于科罗拉多山地学院莱德维尔校区。朋友和亲属告诉警员,两人都是经验丰富的徒步者,应该带了合适的衣物。这些关于他们出行准备情况的说法提供了背景,但无法确认他们目前的状况或装备。1 3
学生们于10月23日星期五离开校园,打算周六徒步。他们告诉其他人,如果觉得继续前进不安全,就会在周六返回;如果继续行程,则会在周日返回。他们的计划包括折返的选项;现有证据无法显示他们作出了哪种选择。1 2
朋友向警员展示了一条包含标注地图的短信,地图上标出了冰山——这是一座技术难度很高的山峰,位于查菲县最北部、布埃纳维斯塔附近。另一张图片圈出了温菲尔德地区和登山口,可能标示了学生打算从哪里进入或露营。这些是有助于了解他们意图的线索,并不能证明两人走了某条特定路线或抵达了山上。2
学生未能返回后,学院工作人员于10月26日星期一联系了查菲县警长办公室。警员在休伦山登山口找到了Matsuda的车辆,前往路线经过温菲尔德地区的390号县道。车辆所在处有约8英寸厚的新雪,但车底没有积雪。警员认为学生于周五抵达,并在暴风雪来临前把营地设在该区域更深处。1 2 3
积雪改变了搜寻地形
冰山是一座技术难度很高的山峰,建议徒步者具备丰富经验后再尝试攀登。即使是在天气干燥的时候也是如此。
积雪掩埋了巨石地带,救援队前往山峰时必须穿越那里。Rohrich形容这段路极其危险,徒步几乎不可能通过。他说,直升机可以在上空搜寻,但山上没有地方可以降落并把救援队送进去。2
行动评估认为,雪崩风险较低,因为这是本季第一场大雪。但这并不意味着山上安全。被积雪掩埋的岩石和深浅不均的厚雪,仍是搜寻人员穿越地形时面临的严重障碍。2
查菲县南北两支搜救队周一开始搜寻。搜救犬没有找到学生,队员也未在新雪中发现人类足迹。直升机、多架无人机以及一架搭载红外设备的多任务飞机搜寻了冰山和附近山峰,均未找到两人。周二返回搜寻的人员来自泰勒县、莱克县、查菲县、阿拉帕霍县和帕克县。1 3
对手机的检查也未能提供明确方向。《蒙特罗斯每日新闻》报道称,手机在两天内没有使用,但没有提供确切的最后使用时间。当地手机信号很差,甚至完全没有。警员考虑过学生是否为了节省电量而关掉手机,但这仍只是一种可能,并非得到证实的解释。1
Rohrich说,他仍乐观地认为Matsuda和Donlon“正躲在某个地方,等待救援”。这番话表达的是希望,并非经核实的所在地或状况。他还表示,随着本周晚些时候恶劣天气可能来袭,县里正调动所有可用资源。通报没有给出天气转坏的确切时间。2
救援队正在考虑冰山以外的目的地,而没有把原定攀登路线视为已确认的行程。这一区别很重要:地图显示的是学生打算前往哪里,帐篷显示的是他们在哪里搭起了营地。截至周二的通报,搜寻人员仍未确定他们从那里去了哪里。2
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- Searchers found the missing students’ tent collapsed under snow, with their sleeping bags still inside. Neither student was there. Deep snow is restricting the search, and more poor weather is expected later in the week. What can the campsite tell rescuers about where the two men went?
- Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon remained missing in Tuesday’s search updates. Both attend Colorado Mountain College’s Leadville campus. Matsuda is nineteen and from Ridgway, Colorado. Donlon is twenty and from New York.
- Matsuda is studying to become a wildland firefighter, and Donlon is studying to become a mountain guide. Friends and relatives described them as experienced hikers who should have had suitable clothing. They told deputies the students had built an option to turn back into their weekend plans.
- The students left campus Friday, October twenty-third, intending to hike Saturday. They planned to return Saturday if continuing felt unsafe, or Sunday if they went ahead. College officials raised the alarm Monday. Searchers found their collapsed tent Tuesday.
- The planned destination was Ice Mountain in far northern Chaffee County, near Buena Vista. Friends showed deputies a text with a plotted map pointing to the mountain. Another image circled Winfield and the trailhead, possibly marking where they intended to enter the area or camp.
- Deputies found Matsuda’s vehicle at the Mount Huron trailhead Monday. The approach runs through the Winfield area. Leadville was their departure point, and Buena Vista lies near the wider search area. Their actual hiking route is still unknown.
- College staff contacted the sheriff’s office at about ten Monday morning. At the vehicle site, deputies found about eight inches of fresh snow, but none beneath the car. They believed the students had parked Friday and set up camp farther into the area before the snowfall.
- Heavy snow arrived Saturday afternoon after rain, showers and a brief break in the weather. Roads deteriorated rapidly across Chaffee County. Deputies dealt with more than a dozen slide-offs and traffic accidents within minutes.
- Sheriff Andy Rohrich described Ice Mountain as a technical climb demanding considerable experience even when dry. By Saturday night, the mountain had received roughly one to two feet of snow. Snow sliding and drifting into deeper piles left some areas much harder to cross.
- Rohrich said Ice Mountain had received up to two feet of snow, with three to four feet in some areas. Snow concealed the boulder fields rescuers would need to cross toward the peak, making that approach extremely dangerous and virtually impossible on foot.
- He also said a helicopter had nowhere to land on the mountain to bring teams in. Rescuers considered avalanche concerns minimal because this was the season’s first major snowfall. But buried rocks and deep snow still made travel hazardous. Chaffee County’s north and south rescue teams began searching Monday.
- About fifty searchers returned Tuesday from five counties. Teams came from Teller, Lake, Chaffee, Arapahoe and Park counties. Dogs and aircraft went out again, after Monday’s search failed to find either student or any human tracks in the fresh snow.
- Dogs had also failed to locate the men. Helicopters and multiple drones searched Ice Mountain and nearby peaks. A multimission aircraft carried infrared equipment, which detects heat, to help search the terrain. None of those searches had located either student by Tuesday’s updates.
- A helicopter spotted an object near Lake Ann around noon Tuesday. The lake sits at about twelve thousand feet. A team went in on foot and identified the object as the students’ tent, collapsed under the weight of snow.
- Rescuers could reach the campsite despite the severe restrictions on crossing the higher boulder fields toward the peak. Sleeping bags, a stove and some clothing remained inside the tent. Deputies found no snow underneath it and no visible footprints nearby.
- The snow observations suggested the tent was there before the storm. Rescuers still couldn’t tell where the students went afterward. Finding their sleeping bags at camp also left unanswered what shelter or equipment they had taken with them.
- Phone examinations showed no use over a two-day period. Cellular service in the area was poor to nonexistent. Deputies considered whether the men might have switched their phones off to save batteries. Rohrich said he remained optimistic they were hunkered down somewhere, waiting to be rescued.
- Rohrich warned that more poor weather later in the week could narrow the search window. He said the county was committing all its available resources. Teams were also considering other destinations the students might have headed toward beyond Ice Mountain.
- The campsite gave rescuers a location for the students’ shelter before the snowfall. Their whereabouts and condition remained unknown. As of the Tuesday, October twenty-seventh updates, searchers had found their vehicle and tent, but neither student.
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