XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: jimled@bellsouth.net   
      
   Ann wrote:   
      
   > John Gilmer wrote:   
   > > Goedjn wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >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.   
   >   
   > Both of which (fire and SOS) they did.  If one looks at it as an exercise   
   > in who was most expendable, that was James Kim. The children's survival   
   > depended on his wife, so the food had to go to her. From photographs of   
   > him, he didn't have much fat to burn, so by a week in he must have been   
   > getting weaker.   
   >   
   > Also, they had a map so there is a good chance they had figured out where   
   > they were.  And, that something must have gone awry with the search or   
   > they would have been found. (Correctly, because the road they were on had   
   > been mistakenly "cleared" because of a miscommunication.) And, for all   
   > they knew, there could be a blizzard the next day.   
   >   
   > He did in fact start out walking back up the logging road toward Bear Camp   
   > Rd. But it does seem to me questionable that - as he told his wife - he   
   > intended to head back in 5 hours.  He did have a backpack and extra   
   > clothes with him, which were found spread around along with notes, by the   
   > searchers. I don't think it was a suicide but otoh, I think he intended to   
   > stay out there until he either found help or keeled over.   
   >   
   > In the end, the reason Kati Kim and the children were found as soon as   
   > they were was one determined private helicopter owner/pilot, on his third   
   > trip to the scene.  He spotted James Kim's tracks before he found the car.   
   > Probably, James Kim died about the time his family was rescued.  It would   
   > be nice to think that at some point the helicopter was close enough and he   
   > was aware enough to recognize that help was arriving.   
      
   Ann, how long before the movie comes out.   seems the movie industry   
   loves to capitalize on any old tragic event.   you think hollywood   
   will make anymore 9-11 movies?   
      
   as long as they're the ones around to talk about it after the   
   fact americans seem to love a good tragedy.   most typical of   
   americans to explain how they'd dealt with the events had they   
   themselves been in that movie.  and there always seems to be one   
   movie character who the arm chair quarterbacks will always point   
   their fat fingers at while saying "that was a stupid decision."   
      
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