16-year-old hiker rescued after being stranded on Canada's Widowmaker rock face following route planned with Claude
Hiker, 16, Is Rescued From ‘Widowmaker’ Ledge After Using Chatbot to Plan Route
A 16-year-old hiker in British Columbia, Canada, Bryce Vincent Gowryluk, used Anthropic's Claude to plan a round-trip route from Grouse Mountain to Crown Mountain, departing from downtown Vancouver at 7:30 AM on Saturday, originally planning for eight hours. After taking the gondola up Grouse Mountain, about 4,100 feet, he descended along a rocky trail into a boulder-strewn valley. Without trail markers, he mistakenly ended up on the Widowmaker Arete on Crown Mountain's cliff face, which typically requires ropes and climbing gear, instead of the Crown Couloir he thought he was on, and subsequently became stranded and was rescued. He carried about 20 pounds of gear, including climbing shoes, a harness, a helmet, and two bottles of water.