From: jrw@aracnet.com   
      
   On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:47:13 -0800, "gatt"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Joetheone"  wrote in message   
   >news:I3keh.8108$sf5.5692@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   >   
   >>> Hell, he almost didn't even need that.  All he had to do was stay put and   
   >>> keep the stoking that fire.   
   >>>   
   >   
   >> Hey, out of all the stories over the years like this, I've got some   
   >> respect   
   >> for this man.   
   >   
   >Yeah, me too.  This time of year there are no shortage of real stupids out   
   >there.  This guy wasn't one of them; he just made a tragic and short series   
   >of mistakes, but still managed to help his family including the baby stay   
   >alive for a week.   
   >   
   >I'm not sure people understand that the same type of storms that trapped   
   >emigrants in Donner Pass could still strike passes in the region, and a   
   >vehicle could get stuck in those wilderness areas just as quickly.   While   
   >they'd likely be discovered long before the spring thaw, it can and   
   >obviously still does turn deadly if you're not prepared.   
      
   Years ago, there was an interesting (but chilling) article in the   
   Saturday Evening Post about a couple whose light plane went down in   
   the Siskiyous (or was it in Northern CA--can't remember, this was back   
   in the 60s).  They had supplies, but they were older and not in very   
   good condition.  If I recall correctly, from the diaries they kept,   
   they survived for several weeks in the wreckage.  But they weren't   
   found until after the snow melted.   
      
   jrw   
      
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