A bit late to wonder where you are

[bobpbx]

"By day five, Mr. McClish began to think more seriously about his predicament."

That tells me he's too relaxed, and he was likely wandering too much.

A Man Missing for 10 Days in a California Forest Is Found Alive

Lukas McClish said he lost 30 pounds in 10 days but was rescued without any major injuries.

www.nytimes.com

 

[bobpbx]

This is another kind of related (free read).

Hiker Pinned Under Boulder for 10 Hours: ‘I’m Going to Die Up Here’

Rescuers launched a daring operation to free Kevin DePaolo after he became trapped in the Inyo Mountains in California.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Boyd]

I wonder if he will be receiving a bill for this?

"His disappearance into California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park would prompt a search that involved about 300 people, emergency personnel from several agencies..."

 

[bobpbx]

Well, duh. So many things wrong with people not doing any research at all.

Hikers Rescued After Following Nonexistent Trail on Google Maps (Published 2023)

A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Google Maps.

www.nytimes.com

 

[bobpbx]

I am a huge fan of books on Arctic/Antarctic explorations. So I was surprised today to see this was published a couple years ago. I missed it somehow.

At the Bottom of an Icy Sea, One of History’s Great Wrecks Is Found (Published 2022)

Explorers and researchers, battling freezing temperatures, have located Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915.

www.nytimes.com

 

[66C10]

This reminds me, I wonder if there have been any new developments in the woman missing in Penn State Forest?

 

[bobpbx]

This reminds me, I wonder if there have been any new developments in the woman missing in Penn State Forest?

Sad to think about it. I have not heard anything.

 

[Teegate]

Has anyone driven down the road there? If so is there any way to know the exact spot her car was found?

 

[Boyd]

"By day five, Mr. McClish began to think more seriously about his predicament."

Story on CNN this morning, makes him sound like a hero

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/23/us/missing-california-hiker-rescue-lukas-mcclish/index.html

 

[RednekF350]

I need to break out my scale.
Is he an imbecile, a moron or an idiot?