Sierra ordeal: Man dies, woman survives

sfgate.com ^ | 12/7/12 | Will Kane

[GSWarrior]

A woman trapped for six days in the Sierra was found by her brother as she crawled along a snow-covered dirt road where she and her male companion had been testing the man's new four-wheel-drive Jeep, authorities said Thursday.

Paula Lane's companion didn't survive the ordeal and died in the snow after leaving Lane in the vehicle and setting out to find help, said a spokesman for the Alpine County Sheriff's Department.

Lane crawled past her companion's dead body as she was trying to make it to safety, said Undersheriff Robert Levy.

[Chickensoup]

I knew the limits of my VW THING

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I am pondering this line...

[Delta Dawn]

My guess is that this idiot would not have known how to use a winch even if his jeep had been equipped with one.

[SamAdams76]

This I cannot abide.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Google VW THING. Yep. I used to have one of those critters.

[Chickensoup]

Google VW THING. Yep. I used to have one of those critters.

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I vaugely remember them. I was pondering its limits. LOL

[rabidralph]

I was watching a survival program on Discovery Channel and that’s the first thing they recommended if one were stuck in a remote area with no way out. Other suggestions were to cut up the seat cushions and strap them to your feet for snow shoes.

[GSWarrior]

Was it "I Shouldn't Be Alive?"

I love that show.

[rabidralph]

LOL! I love that show, too. Haven't seen it in a while. No, that wasn't it. IT was a survival expert analyzing a real-life ordeal and giving suggestions on what the victims could have done instead. It was really interesting.

Speaking of I Shouldn't Be Alive, 99 percent of the problems presented are caused by people making really stupid choices! Sometimes I find myself almost rooting for nature to take them out. The Australian dad who gets stuck in the desert with his daughter comes to mind. Wow!