Lost hiker relies on ingenuity, 40-year-old gift to survive 17 days in Oregon wilds

[Pete]

Lost hiker relies on ingenuity, 40-year-old gift to survive 17 days in Oregon wilds

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/07/lost-hiker-relies-on-ingenuity-40-year-old-gift-to-survive-17-days-in-oregon-wilds.html

Interesting article - interesting that as you read through it you spot the things you wouldn't do - followed by what you would do. The wouldn't far outweighs the would.

"May 5 started out as just another Wednesday. Harry Burleigh kissed his wife of 40 years, Stacy, goodbye as he headed to Toketee Lake for an overnight fishing trip.

The plan was to spend the night at the lake, go chasing some German brown trout the following day and head back to the couple’s Roseburg home. After all, Mother’s Day was that coming Sunday........"

[PSM]

The wouldn't far outweighs the would.

The number one "wouldn't" is to hire that writer if I ran a magazine or newspaper. That was brutal.

I have Fresnel lenses everywhere. In my Gem SAS survival guide, knot tying book, wallet, first aid kit, and, first and foremost, on the back of my cell phone under the case. I bought 100 of them and they are pretty much in or on anything I touch when outdoors. Bic lighters, too.