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To: DUMBGRUNT
two weeks since she had pitched her tent underneath a copse of hemlock trees atop a ridge

Atop a ridge. No water.

You can go 30 days at least without food. No water, 3-5 days.

If you are ever lost in the woods, go low. Keep going downhill. You will be near water to replenish your supply and also will, in all likelihood, encounter a road or a house.

44 posted on 05/26/2016 1:43:21 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

Yes, and if you can’t find the human trail, you can surely find a game trail, and game trails lead to WATER.


47 posted on 05/26/2016 1:45:33 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dirtboy

No, she DID have water. She was near a stream.


57 posted on 05/26/2016 1:49:01 PM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: dirtboy
If you are ever lost in the woods, go low.

That is my question. Why did she go high instead of following a stream or valley to go low until she ran into something?

66 posted on 05/26/2016 1:55:44 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: dirtboy
Atop a ridge. No water.

Bars for her cell were more important to her than water or life itself. But, but she was soooo experienced!!! Not. Some people are just that dumb. Bet she voted for Obama.

85 posted on 05/26/2016 2:12:40 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: dirtboy

Yep. Walk downhill until u find water. Follow the water downhill. Basic woodcraft. An old scout manual from the thrift store would have done her more good than the fanciest iPhone.


118 posted on 05/26/2016 2:49:56 PM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
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To: dirtboy

two weeks since she had pitched her tent underneath a copse of hemlock trees atop a ridge

Atop a ridge. No water.

You can go 30 days at least without food. No water, 3-5 days.

If you are ever lost in the woods, go low. Keep going downhill. You will be near water to replenish your supply and also will, in all likelihood, encounter a road or a house.>>>. agreed and maybe a train track or old train bed. in pa the trail crosses rt61 at port clinton (yeh) there is a place to shower up and get a room for the night. I’ve hiked hunted along the trail there. and you can’t get lost much but if you do you just follow the water all the say to town. first day hiking however i had a map of the entire place and knew exactly where i was at all time. compass map orienteering.


146 posted on 05/26/2016 3:47:30 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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