Quote Originally Posted by tiptoe View Post
Wow. Kudos to the hikers who pitched in to help and knew what to do in that situation.
Indeed, kudos to those hikers. Here's the pertinent part (to me) of the TrailJournals post:

He had crawled off the trail under some bushes and tried to stay warm with his 40 degree sleeping bag. At that point he was barely responding anymore.
A 40-degree bag at elevation in the Smokies in the early Spring. To me that's almost asking for trouble. Since we are often asked on here for advice about bags to take on the southern AT.