Originally Posted by
rebeld
basic survival training is if your unfamiliar with the area, stay put! i dont know how many times over the years in scouts and going west hunting this has been repeated to me.
this is also very much a common sense item. lets think about this. family is on their way somewhere, gets lost, gets stuck. someone will come looking/ his best bet would have been to stay with the vehicle that provided some protection from the elements.
i had an uncle get lost on top of a mountain once and the only thing that saved him was he stayed put and waited for someone to come.
he did stay put.. remember that they were missing since Nov. 25. he took off on Saturday (Dec. 2) to look for help.
that means that they were potential stuck and in the same place for 7 days without seeing a soul. do you think that maybe he decided that he didn't want to watch his family die right in front of him?
this man should be respected, not ridiculed. he gave his life in trying to save his family. it's only unfortunate that all he had to do was wait for a few more days, but how could he know? they had seen no one for a week!
Originally Posted by
Nightshade
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you have no idea what he was thinking, except maybe, "i want my family to live", so stop pretending that you do.