“Sad. But really how far off trail do you have to go to tinkle to get lost?
If it was that thick I wouldn’t think too far. And if it wasn’t thick seems like you could retrace yourself. I don’t know, just sad.”
I read the complete article. She was supposedly a veteran, highly skilled hiker who had been to numerous classes on survival and such. Also, she had a compass, matches with her so to build a fire if needed. I’m thinking she had a case of dementia or maybe she wanted to die for some reason. Call it suicide by faking being lost?
Call it suicide by faking being lost?.....Hard way to die. Sort of like being locked in a jail cell and beating yourself to death with the toilet lid.
I’d read several other articles about this case but I had not read this WaPo article because they are trying to force me to subscribe in order to access the article. I guess one can only access a certain small number of WaPo articles online without subscribing, and I’ve reached my limit (I do not wish to subscribe).
Anyway, I was assuming she had no map and compass because other articles had not mentioned same, and because it would be so elementary to get back to the AT with even just the compass. Don’t know why she found herself stranded, then. There has been no mention of her being hurt or ill and they have the notes she wrote while she knew she might be facing the end. For some reason she was unable to make proper use of the map and compass if indeed she possessed them.