She was hiking with her husband: She had set out in the morning about an hour before him, and he never saw her again. The area she was lost in is called the 100 mile woods because the trail runs without any paved roads or civilization for 100 miles.
Hikers need to carry at least 10 days worth of food for that stretch of trail, since no resupply is possible...
It is postulated that she went off trail to relieve herself, and never found her way back to the trail. Perhaps she was a bit too reliant on trail markers and cell phone technology (which was non functioning) and didn’t maintain an adequate awareness of her surroundings.
But we all make mistakes.
May she rest in peace.
She was hiking with her husband: She had set out in the morning about an hour before him, and he never saw her again.
Incorrect, she was hiking alone. Her husband was driving and meeting her every couple of days. She was reported missing a day after she did not appear at their asigned meeting place.
I am 65 and a few weeks ago I was looking at some northern bush property. It was only 30 acres, roads on three sides and a ravine to the north. I had a map of it in my head. We were never more than 300-400 yards from a road if you went in one direction. However, no cell phone coverage. I took my fit 25 year old daughter (an ER nurse)and matches. At the insistence of my bush wise buddy we each had a whistle and a walkie and never lost sight of each other.