XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: beaver_militia@yahoo.com   
      
   "John Gilmer"  wrote in message   
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   >> The tragedy is that he could be home with his family right now, warming   
   >> his toes in front of a fire.  All he needed was minimal preparation for   
   >> winter travel.   
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   > Well, as events showed, his BIG mistake was leaving his car.   
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   > At worse, he should have only left the car long enough to increase the   
   > "footprint" so that potential rescue parties could find him sooner.   
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   > With little risk to health they could have stayed in the car for up to 30   
   > days.   With 2 adults and 2 kids who could warm each other they had little   
   > risk from the cold.   A BIG blanket, of course, would have been a bonus.   
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   > Were I to want to be prepared to travel in that part of the world, my   
   > "keys"   
   > to survival would be:  1)  LARGE blanket;  2) WATER;  3) signal mirror.   
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   > The signal mirror would help alert any aircraft (including commercial   
   > jets)   
   > that there is something going on.   
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   > It would have taken a high degree of what used to be called "moral   
   > courage"   
   > to simply sit tight rather than leave his family behind to go for "help."   
   > But, like it or not, sometimes the best thing to do is NOTHING.   
      
   As with most things you lose about 50% when the real stuff happens.   
    That is 50% of training, knowledge and common sense. Ask anyone   
    that has trained to fight. Once you have to fight on the street, all that   
    training diminishes real quick. No matter how many ring fights you have   
    had, when it's on the street, it's different. Believe me, been there.   
      
   I'm real good with a fire drill in my back yard or a camp. No idea of how I   
   would really be lost in a   
    strange place. I see a guy that sacrificed himself for his family. Bad   
   judgement?   
    Of course for those of us that know the outcome. He didn't. I probably   
   would have stayed   
    myself, but then again, that is from someone in the backyard and camp   
   experience.   
    I'm glad his wife and kids can go on. I'm sorry he didn't.  But chance does   
   favor the prepared mind.   
    Check yer trunk for sech stuff what will keep ya alive. It don't take that   
   much room. >   
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