Lucky he had service. Glad he's OK. Wonder if he had a map with him. Compass, and could he use it. Can't depend on phones or gps, particularly without battery backup. Wonder if he knew where he was hiking to begin with.
Went missing? They mean he got lost right? Or did aliens take him for a while?
Note to self: Next woodland walk, take fully charged phone, bear spray, granola bars and when I get lost, phone a friend! ;)
We have a lot of acres in woods and it was easy enough for me to get lost right here ‘at home!’ After six years now, I finally have our land broken down in my mind into ‘rooms.’ Beau has only had to physically come FIND me, once. I was on the other side of the ridge, and below him, so I just started yelling, LOL!
But, if you’re in unfamiliar territory, it can be pretty scary; especially at night.
When I was a kid, I was in sleepaway camp. My mother sent me against my will every summer. Even though i was a city boy, i loved the great outdoors (though I HATED camp). I felt completely at home in the woods. And i had a great sense of direction. I could walk aimlessly for miles in the woods without so much as a compass and never get lost.
One time the counselors decided to take us kids on a hike through the woods. I do not know how long a distance they led us on this hike or how much time we spent walking. But i do recall we pretty much hiked in a mostly straight southernly direction, with our backs to our camp.
Then the counselors decided it was time to head back to camp. Only they couldnt remember how to get back to camp. I was amazed at their stupidity. To me, i already knew how to get back. Just turn around 180 degrees and walk in a straight direction, due north. But i kept my mouth shut at first. The kids and counselors in camp always treated me with derision and disdain. I was normally bullied by both campers and counselors. The counselors that didnt bully me, turned a blind eye to those who did.
I watched as the counselors conferred with each other and debated which direction we should walk next in order to try to get back to camp. They pointed and walked in each and every direction except for the direction we came from. At one point we came upon a paved two way road. One of the counselors asked, “did we cross a road?” (No, we didnt)
Finally i spoke up and pointed in the direction we came from, telling the counselors thats the way back to camp. They didnt exactly listen to me, going into a small debate about which direction to go next. I thought to myself, “the hell with the rest of you. Stay lost in the woods. I’m going back to camp”.
I set about walking back to camp. For whatever reason, without a word, the counselors shrugged their shoulders and started following me and the campers followed them. After a while we came upon some thick brush. One of the counselors audibly complained, “this isn’t the way back to camp!!!”. With my hands I parted the brush which revealed the rear side of one of the many cabins of our camp, effectively silencing that dumb counselor.
I never got so much as a thank you for saving those idiots from being lost in the woods and leading them out.
The counselors never took us campers on another hike again. From then on we were confined to the camp (though without telling anybody, knowing I’d never get permission anyways, I’d take off for my own solitary hikes in the woods).
isn’t all the geo-location done by the phone embedded in the pic or text?
"...lost..."
I believe some things are better left alone.
Good grief!! Issue 50 lb bag of popcorn to these idiots as a requirement to hiking!
If I was going to be hiking, I would make sure I had a battery or two in my backpack to keep my phone charged.