Vancouver Island, Mt. Bensen. On 28 November Frank Tolen (16) and five companions climbed through snow to a cabin at about 3,000 feet on Mt. Bensen. Frank stopped to change socks and shortly thereafter said he could not go any farther. The group was close to the cabin and so they went ahead. They got a fire going, and they returned for Frank. They found him collapsed. They dragged him to the cabin where he was wrapped in a sleeping bag and rubbed. He soon died, however.

Source: R. Culbert.

Analysis: Just why Tolen succumbed to exposure on this occasion appears to be a mystery. The others obviously did not recognize the symptoms nor know how to treat him. Their major mistake of leaving him alone in the snow and not applying heat, when he was beyond selfrecovery, must be attributed to inexperience.