Posted on 07/28/2023 10:58:30 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Rebecca “Becky” Vance had an irrepressible urge, a genuine need to get away.
Despite little preparation and with amateur outdoor survival skills, Vance, 42, convinced her sister Christine last summer to “live off the grid” with her and her son in rugged western Colorado, leaving behind their lives in Colorado Springs.
Becky — said to be an anxious loner further exasperated by society during the pandemic — wanted to start anew by fleeing into the wilderness, where extreme weather and other potential pitfalls awaited in the Rocky Mountains. But she couldn’t be stopped, her stepsister told The Post.
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The sad part is the kid probably survived the longest and had to endure freezing and starving to death with his mom’s dead, but very well frozen body.
Even going for a few weeks off grid takes a lot of planning, prepping, and physical stamina. It’s not something you do on a whim. It takes months of prep and practice.
Thinking of The Revenance right now.
Should have watched Jeremiah Johnson. Might not have prepared them, but would have told them what they wanted to do was very hard and potentially lethal.
I wouldn’t do it and I’m in excellent shape. I also have no desire to live “off grid”.
I have read survival books, and I think I could survive.
Surviving is not thriving. It’s not glued to your devices or Amazon spearchucker.
Plenty of mediums in there…
In western Colorado in a tent! Even the guys up in the “mountains” by our ranch here in SE Oklahoma are smart enough to tow an old van or a school bus up there to live in….
They should have tried living in a tent in their back yard through the winter, to see what it was like before trying it out in the wilderness.
Our daughter and her now husband have done long hikes several times, most recently the John Muir Trail which is over 200 miles long with lots of elevation hiking. They planned and prepped for that for about 6 months. They saw some views most us will never see in our lifetimes. Of course, there were plenty of folks who didn’t prepare well enough, and they would share provisions to an extent. We were concerned and praying the entire time. Occasionally they would drop us a signal that they made it to another phase, probably 3 times during the 18 days they hiked it in. I was always so relieved to get that signal, and we rejoiced when we got to FaceTime with them when they were finished.
What those 3 in the story did is just whacked.
Even the bears and coyotes passed them up.
I was hooked on Stupid Cat Videos
But now it’s ‘Squirrel Faked Murder’
That’s changed my life.
“”””The sad part is the kid probably survived the longest and had to endure freezing and starving to death with his mom’s dead, but very well frozen body.””””
That is very possible but he also could have been the first or close to it, teen males and young men don’t do well in starvation challenges because their caloric needs are so much higher than middle-aged men or females, especially those fat middle-aged women.
The will, age, and body type all come into play so we will just have to see the reports to know.
Your average American could not live without Wi-Fi, let alone no grid connection.
“Wondering how many people who have gone “off grid” opted to stay “off grid” when they needed medical care.”
The thing of it is..there are plenty of places all over many parts of America ..that you can be off grid without being 50-100 miles from civilization.
Never go off grid more than a days walk away from civilization. Even closer if you are in freezing conditions.
Otherwise, there are all kinds of techniques one must learn for basic off grid living ..”away from it all”
Most of it is not that hard..a lot of it is just common sense. you really should master them before going. Much of it is not hard..just take a lot of time to get good at various aspects.
Like foraging..takes along time to really get good at foraging. IDing plants..and even then its not like going to the supermarket most times.
starting a fire without matches..in the rain..If you’ve never done it ..its not so easy.
rain tarps..various formations.
if you are going to eat meat...learning to hunt takes time. skinning various critters..there is a way to do it.
And much much more.
I think some people think ..well, i can learn as i go...well, you can’t.
Personally, i am willing to compromise. Until a year ago i was only minutes outside a small town..but it felt like i was 50 mile from town. I could barely see my neighbors off to the distance.At least,until it started developing.
I had access to the internet..via cell phone data or public wifi in town. Which i didn’t need to go to except about once a week ..or less.
Definitely more peaceful than living in town..without being stranded in the middle of nowhere. I wish i were one of those guys who could survive in the middle of nowhere..but i am not.
Watching Youtube is a great way to get enough knowledge and confidence about something to go out in the garage (or wherever) and start the work it takes to actually build up a skill, or skill set.
Watch bunch of Youtube, rent a 16' sailboat for two hours, at a small, uncrowded, lake, on a day with light winds, and begin to teach yourself how to sail? Sure. Better to have an instructor, but I can imagine doing it.
Watch bunch of Youtube, buy a 60' sailboat, and set off to sail around the world, while teaching yourself how to sail? A death wish.
Or watch “Homestead Rescue”
Maybe a 10’ sailboat, not 16’, first time.
As someone who is not a skilled survivalist..I know how to do some stuff. But i could possibly survive a month ...possibly several months alone in the wilderness. But that is only during optimal weather. In the N.E that would sometime between June to August/Sept. Plenty of wilds to be had. And that doesn’t includes the option of bailing out if thing get to unpredictable.. So, it isn’t really surviving is it?
As someone who is not a skilled survivalist..I know how to do some stuff. But i could possibly survive a month ...possibly several months alone in the wilderness. But that is only during optimal weather. In the N.E that would sometime between June to August/Sept. Plenty of wilds to be had. BUT that INCLUDES the option of bailing out if thing get to unpredictable.. So, it isn’t really surviving is it?
No mention of them owning property.
Were they just going to live in a National Forest? The surviving family really let the child down
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