[Kartographer]

This is a seriously tough old man!

[Kartographer]

What say you Laz??

[redfreedom]

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.

[Uncle Chip]

surviving on squirrels

Did he eat the squirrels or just cuddle up next to them.

[Billthedrill]

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.

[skeeter]

A minor nit, but I don’t think there’s any snow in the Mendicino Nat’l Forest.

[fwdude]

19 days is an entire winter in my part of Texas.

[lonevoice]

Wow, good man!

[Uncle Chip]

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???

[GeronL]

How big is that national forest?

[lwd]

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.

[GOPJ]

You’re right - that’s one tough old man...