As Jerry once sang, “Maybe you had too much too fast.”
Last Friday, a group of four young hikers in New York’s Catskills apparently did have too much, and much too fast. All four tripped on magic mushrooms that afternoon, but one of them launched into what the DEC report described as a “debilitating psychedelic mushroom high”.
Lost and disoriented in the Slide Mountain Wilderness near Giant Ledge, the hikers sent for help late Friday evening.
Responding Forest Rangers successfully found the hikers at dusk and led them to safety before returning to gather their lost car keys and personal items. None of the four hikers were injured or required hospitalization. Just some water and rest, perhaps…