Hiker Sees Ladder Sticking Out Of Lake, Then He Realizes What It’s Attached To

Lack of communication

James couldn’t really communicate with the mountain ranger other than sign language, and that was only used for rudimentary signals, such as “doing fine” or “need to resurface.” And whatever they were looking at right now was way too complex for any one sign. So James kept quiet and scanned the surroundings himself for any further clues.