What the article doesn’t mention is that they were found about 300 yards from a road and less than a mile from where they parked their car. What a bunch of f*****g morons.
IMHO “Darwinism” will get them eventually.
“What the article doesn’t mention is that they were found about 300 yards from a road and less than a mile from where they parked their car.”
Actually, that is typical for rescue operations. Sometimes even closer to the trail.
Seriously, there are very few places you’re likely to be that you couldn’t pick a direction and walk to find a road. After that, pick a direction and hold out your thumb.
Not to mention that they had edible mushrooms but were considering eating their dog.
They couldn't hear a passing car 300 yards away?
Agreed these folks are not the sharpest tools on the work bench. I’d bet they didn’t have even a pocket knife & book of matches between the lot of them . Let alone a “space blanket” or the knowledge to even set up a lean to shelter & start a camp fire . As for have a map sheet of were they were going & a compass that is obviously more than they could figure out how to use.
Bet they were near a good stand of miner’s lettuce, too. Some people shouldn’t be allowed outside.
That’s almost as bad as the couple that got lost in a cornfield.
Gold beach is a small town on the coast, just up from the border. There is a small body of water just to the west, called the pacific ocean. There is a black top 3 lane highway that runs along this small body of water. Given they were lost for what, a week, seems they could have simply headed west.