Not a day goes by in this country that a hiker doesn’t wander off-trail and need to be rescued by a search party. Usually it’s solo hikers, but occasionally there’ll be a pair, family, or entire Boy Scout Troop lost. China does every thing we do, only they operate on a much grander scale. Anyone who doubts that missed the Opening Ceremonies.

The outdoor climbers group “wind runners” was earlier formed spontaneously by some climbing amateurs by posting forum through internet. On June 28th at 8:00am, the 104 climbing group members, led by an employee of a shenzhen transportation company, rented two buses and headed for the Shitouhe Reservoir for climbing from Shenzhen Gymnasium. At about 21:00pm, the 104 members were lost and stranded in the Lovers’ Valley due the darkness.

The spontaneously-formed climbing team only spent a few hours lost in the wilderness, but it’s easier for a search party to find a group of 104 people than one lost Cub Scout. Something must be lost in translation here. How does a team of 104 people spontaneously rent two busses?