That's an excellent article! A couple of things I find puzzling:
1. They got stuck on Saturday, Nov. 25, but weren't reported missing until Wednesday, Nov. 29.
2. The search didn't start until Friday, December 1.
I guess it's very unfortunate that no one "missed" them for so many days, or that they seemingly hadn't relayed their itinerary to someone. I still think it would have been prudent of the lodge owner to let someone know they didn't show up. Or if the owner had tried to contact the Kims about it, and not being able to get through, maybe the owner would have called police.
One lesson we can learn from this is, if we are stuck somewhere, make very small treks to scout out the area, like walking 30 minutes in one direction one day, then another direction another day. They might have found that closed lodge a mile away if they had done this. So sad!
I guess it's very unfortunate that no one "missed" them for so many days, or that they seemingly hadn't relayed their itinerary to someone.<<<<<<<
I think people were concerned early on because the Kims usually kept in close contact with family and friends daily. I'm not sure the inn owner would have had an emergency contact number just from taking reservations. It appears from the story that they indeed burned tires during the day, that was something we all wondered about.
For those that have them, do the hand-held GPS systems (or onboard types) show roads like these? If they'd had one when they first knew they were lost, could they have navigated back to the main road? I know the weather was bad by then, but just curious about these systems.