Don't bother TB...people like Bray are short on fact but long in bad opinions.
Your right, just because I lived down there for 6 years how should I know anything about those roads? I wouldn't try to cross that road in the summer unless I had a few hours to get lost and would never try it in the winter.
But yeah you guys can blame the SAR for a few mistakes in a desparate situation. Sorry but when you go up into those mountains in the snow, unless you know what your doing you may not come back out. Heartless, yeah the wilderness is.
As for the weather, it was cold for a week when he was gone, if the snow was stopping it was still freezing at night with wind. But yeah, never blame the guy who got lost it wasn't his fault it was the gummit's.
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