XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: gilmer@crosslink.net   
      
   "Goedjn"  wrote in message   
   news:kertn2pm2r86srauk2ij0ghknn0psrsd08@4ax.com...   
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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.   
   >   
   > For how long?   
   >   
   > 10 days?   
   > 30 days?   
      
   Bingo!   
      
   He had days to sort things out.   At most he should have only ventured away   
   from the car to increase the visibility to potential searchers (you know,   
   the HELP or SOS in the snow) or to start a fire.   
      
   We used to have friends who came from Iowa.   They told us that typically   
   each season a "city person" freezes to death while attempting to walk to an   
   apparently nearby "farmhouse."   
   >   
   > Until the food runs out?   
      
   Yep!   
   >   
   > Until you're too weak to do anything else?   
   Yep!   
      
   You best bet is to stay with the car.   
      
   >   
   > At some point, you gotta figure nobody's coming after you.   
      
   That's where you have to take the proper decision relatively quickly while   
   you still have your strength.   
      
   For example, if you went around a barrier that was put in place to close the   
   road for the winter and no one even suspects you are where you are then it   
   might make sense to "go for help" immediately or at worse the next morning.   
      
   In general, the best rule is to make the car visible but stay in the car   
   except when going out to increase your visibility.   
      
   > How do you recognize that point?   
      
   You play the odds and the odds generally say to stay with the car.   
      
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