The Nobel committee also hit a roadblock trying to reach Brunkow – both researchers are based on the US West Coast, which is nine hours behind Stockholm – but eventually got ahold of her...

In 2020 the Nobel committee had similar difficulties in contacting the winners of the prize for economics. When Bob Wilson’s phone rang in Stanford in the middle of the night, he unplugged it so the committee had to call his wife instead.

When the committee couldn’t reach his fellow winner, Paul Milgrom, either, Wilson had to go and wake him up.

This is annoying to me. Is there seriously no better way than to call older people in the middle of the night and then act surprised when they are not immediately available?

Love that for him

I read "uncontactable" as "uncontrollable" at first and I like my version much better.

Something about a Nobel prize winning immunologist uncontrollably roaming the wilds of Idaho really tickles my funny bone 😁

As someone who lives in Idaho, I can relate to this guy. It's easy to wander the wilderness and not want to come back.

Not the first time this has happened. In 1956 they gave the Nobel in Medicine to Werner Forssman for discovery of angioplasty. The problem is Forssman did the first angioplasty on himself, and he got fired from the hospital for doing so. The Nobel committee had to track him down because his career in medicine had ended after being fired.

Giga Chad move

The prize is well deserved, and being hiking off grid is such a good self care mandate.

If they turn out to be dead, that would be a shame. Can’t have the award. Secondly, that would make the committee look bad.

EDIT: Just to be clear in case you are unaware, only people who are alive can qualify for an award.

Imagine his reaction when he comes back.

Also, this should be posted on "Not the onion" and not for anywhere else!

This article raises so many more questions than it answers!

1. why are they still calling people? It’s 2025!

2. I thought runner ups were informed?

3. how long is their off the grid hiking trip?

4. why is 9 hours time difference such a problem? (Related to 1 and to the European centralism of the Nobel prices that I don’t really want to rant about)