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Hunter, 72, survives 19 days in snowy California wilderness
Reuters via Yahoo News ^
| 10/14/13
| Karen Brooks
Posted on 10/14/2013 10:29:27 AM PDT by Kartographer
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This is a seriously tough old man!
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
10/14/2013 10:31:29 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
It’s easy to get lost in a forest, been there, done that. I used to think traveling in circles while lost was a made for TV thing. Wrong!
I will not go into unfamiliar woods without a handheld GPS.
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posted on
10/14/2013 10:33:06 AM PDT
by
redfreedom
(Republicans = The faux conservative wing of the democrat party.)
To: Kartographer
surviving on squirrels Did he eat the squirrels or just cuddle up next to them.
To: Kartographer
According to the story he fell, hit his head, and came to turned around and in the fog. That’s a real bad situation. Don’t ever want to be there but I hope I could do as well as he did if I am.
To: Kartographer
A minor nit, but I don’t think there’s any snow in the Mendicino Nat’l Forest.
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posted on
10/14/2013 10:35:40 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
A minor nit, but the article said it snowed doesn’t mean it stuck.
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posted on
10/14/2013 10:37:47 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
19 days is an entire winter in my part of Texas.
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posted on
10/14/2013 10:40:11 AM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: Stillwaters
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posted on
10/14/2013 10:41:26 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
To: Kartographer
There is no 'snowy California wilderness' in Mendicino county. Even in January. In fact its been a very warm fall.
Just surviving 19 days without supplies or adequate clothing is enough of a feat without the hype.
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posted on
10/14/2013 10:44:07 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Kartographer
The Mendocino National Forest is run by the U.S. Forest Service and has been closed due to the government shutdown, according to the forest website.... After four days of searching by at least 18 agencies from more than a dozen counties, the official search was suspended because searchers could find no clues to his locations and because storms were coming.Why do I suspect that he is here illegally and that there is government shutdown politics going on here???
To: redfreedom
A compass works too.
For me the most exciting part of being lost in a Florida swamp in the early morning hours was knowing there were lots of snakes around as I was traipsing through the thorn covered vines.
In fact a compass will work even when you can’t get a GPS signal through the trees.
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:01:19 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: skeeter
So much for it being a ‘minor nit’.
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:04:22 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: driftdiver
I was going to chime in and point out that you don't need either a GPS or a compass; you merely need to always travel downhill and eventually you will end up in civilization.
I guess that wouldn't work all that well in the Everglades.
To: Kartographer
How big is that national forest?
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:10:18 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Kartographer
This is where the mexican drug cartels grow huge mj crops....very remote areas. I wonder if the shutdown has prevented the NSP from doing its yearly irradication effort. October is harvest season.
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:20:46 AM PDT
by
lwd
To: redfreedom
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:22:21 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(What's the frequency, Kenneth?)
To: redfreedom
“Its easy to get lost in a forest, been there, done that. I used to think traveling in circles while lost was a made for TV thing. Wrong! I will not go into unfamiliar woods without a handheld GPS.”
I’ve was on a mountain that I had been on dozens of times and suddenly found myself in a snowstorm with very little visibility. I was certain that the way down was in one direction (the other leads to a cliff), so just to be sure I checked the compass. It said to go in the opposite direction. I was sure I was right and thought my compass was busted, so I checked my spare compass. Of course I had gotten turned around. It pays not to be too stubborn about some things.
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:23:04 AM PDT
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(Things are only going to get worse.)
To: GeronL
The Mendocino National Forest is located in the Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California and comprises 913,306 acres
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:24:16 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
thanks
That sounds pretty cool, something I almost never say about Kalipornia
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posted on
10/14/2013 11:27:05 AM PDT
by
GeronL
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