Posted on 07/22/2021 8:03:44 AM PDT by SJackson
LOL...the vulture over the skeleton with syrupy elevator music.
Not sure if they still stock Browns there. The High Cascades Lakes are kind of a wild playground for fishermen. Atlantic Salmon. Brookies, and Brown Trout were planted long ago. Catch and release is pretty common.
little studying one should get a ham license always carry a small HT for such emergencies when all else fails ham radio will get through. Cell phones not always good communicators when in an emergency.
“Streams” in Oregon logging country can be a foot wide and flow under accumulated logging debris. I punched my leg through some debris while hunting elk In November. Got a hairline fracture of the fibula, but walked out. I just had the follow the Creek back uphill a few miles.
Most streams don’t flow up, you should have reported that.
There is hardly anywhere in wooded America that a half day’s walk doesn’t get you to a road, house, or other civilization.
17 Days?? Something’s not right.
There’s one in the bottom of every ravine in western Oregon. But it can be a real b*tch to follow them.
Lost and injured…the injuries had a lot to do with limiting his options
Great stuff
Imagine the suffering he could have saved by having just one shiny survival blanket tucked in a pocket….and a signal mirror!
Even a small handheld CB or marine radio would likely get a signal from any ranger or cops in the area.
Tough guy.
Not gonna be any fish in the “creeks” he’s walking.
Plus...once he was able to start a fire he could have started a big one.
If I was that lost for days and days, I would have started a fire that could be seen from space!
What a captivating story. I had to read the whole thing to find out if Harry lived through it. Thank you, God, for giving him one more day at a time.
And the courage and blessing to keep blessing everyone who tried to help him.
Reminds me of the guy who died in the bus in Alaska. He was a seasoned hiker who made the basic mistake of going w/o a map.
He liked to give the fish a “kiss on the snout” before he let them go.
Probably didn’t want to kill the sea kittys.
Just wow! Complete stupidity on all counts. I won’t even start.
I know this area very well having grown up in So. Oregon hiking, fishing, camping, hunting the Rogue and Umpqua National Forests / associated wilderness areas. Late 60’s through the 80’s.
We always went prepared and always returned. Epic good times!
Having moved away, I still go back to hunt and fish with childhood friends every once in awhile. We’ve encountered flatlander-yahoos like this guy more than several times. (we purposely avoid them if at all possible. Unless they need help)
Some absolute retards
🙄 52 here.
I guess. I cant say I am much of a fisherman. I do occasionally fish, but unless it was under limit, I would be eating what I caught. I wouldnt be fishing for ‘catch and release’. I guess for some that is relaxing.
Upon further reflection, I am inclined to believe this is a hoax.
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