Originally Posted by
Nightshade
Read the fucking article and you will see the same thing I did. It said he walked down the road then left the road down a drainage culvert.
Now everything I have ever known and seen says you always stay with the road if there is one and you always follow the natural curve of the road. If there is a river next to the road then walk downstream.
We are not talking rocket science here we are talking common sense in a survival situation. The consequences of failure are not something so easy as hitting the start button again, instead you pay with your life as happened here.
Of course the guy was from SF so maybe he had never been more than 5 feet from a bus stand and had no common sense. Too bad his family will now pay the price in pain from his death for his stupidity.
the family was missing since thanksgiving. they survived on burning the tires and outdoor survival tactics that this man had. sometimes desperate measures need to be taken if you feel you will never be found for a week or so?? he wasn't stupid, he was desparate to get his family home safe. too bad it had to happen this way.
Originally Posted by
Nightshade
Ok so he stayed with the car, smart move. He still left the road which was a sure thing in trade for the culvert which means holes under the snow, water hazzards and unknown directions once off the road.
Shouldn't be ridiculed? You are right he should be held as a shining example of how you go into a snow region during winter. Preperations and having extra gear with you is not needed when you can just load the family into the minivan with no blankets, water, flares or emergency equipment.
Yep...fucking genius he should be a god in all our eyes
he didnt plan on getting lost in the snowstorm. common sense sometimes dont make sense when ur out in the middle of nowhere desparate to find help for your family after a week.