Gemini reportedly told a group of climbers that it would only take them eight hours to climb Mt. Shasta. They had to be rescued more than a day later.

A group of ill-prepared climbers had to be rescued because Gemini told them climbing Mt. Shasta would only take 8 hours.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    19 hours ago

    Wat? WHAT? Ive not climbed anything close to shasta, we dont even have peaks that high where i live but im much much more responsible when planning. Who even goes “uhh yeah 6 hours sounds about right” to a peak above 4k??? I mean sure i can climb 4000 meters elevation in 6 hours, thats about my pace but you also have to get down and i imagine those are not easy trails. All if this is so stupid especially since they were climbers cause tou are not just climbing that high randomly, youd give up much faster but that means these idiots climbed stuff successfully before which is insane.

    • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      I’m no climber, but I assume getting down the mountain is much quicker and easier because you can just roll.

    • Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      14 hours ago

      It took them 16 hours just to reach the summit. That was already 7PM on August 30, way past the recommended turnaround time of 12PM

      Not sure what kind of “climbers” they are, but I would have known a long time before then that their plans were going off the rails.