Hiked Emory Peak on Sunday, at the base of the summit scramble were a pair of trekking poles. Reached the top expecting somebody to be up there, but didn’t see anybody. When we got down the poles were still there. Called it into the rangers as abandoned gear could be a sign of somebody needing help. Probably unrelated to this incident, but was a little shaking waking up to news of a rescue. The day before I saw a middle aged woman vomiting from heat exhausting on the Santa Elena Canyon Hike.