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Dad Still Lost As Missing Family Found Alive ( Latest on CNET Editor )
The Associated Press ^
| December 5, 2006
Posted on 12/05/2006 9:18:33 AM PST by george76
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To: BunnySlippers
Apparently, they could easily follow his foot prints in the snow, but then he decended into cliffs and rocky areas with no good snowy foot prints.
So the searchers had to closs the full creek to check the other side...this is where they were getting wet and cold.
I do not think that they know if he fell in.
But this is why the need the Eugene water rescue team who is better equipped to cross cold water.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:05:45 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: BunnySlippers
Hopefully this man tracker from Bend can track his footprints over the rocks.
I heard that the searchers were finding some little scuff marks.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:09:08 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: BunnySlippers
Has anyone asked the family why they had ventured off the main Highway in the first place?
Also the next question would by why didn't the man walk back on the road they came in on. It sounds like he started walking through the forest.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:11:38 AM PST
by
Coffee_drinker
(The best defense is a strong pre-emptive strike.)
To: george76
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:12:19 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Never Forget / Giuliani 2008)
To: Elsie
Uh.... call a cab! ;^)
I actually had considered that, but the wait was comparable to waiting for a tow on that night, and I would have then been stranded at home with my car sitting in a parking lot.
Better than freezing, I guess, but I wanted to point out that you don't have to be in the middle of nowhere to be stranded for a couple of hours in the cold. When it gets near zero, a couple of hours can be pretty dangerous if you aren't prepared.
To: CertainInalienableRights
Imagine if your cellphone battery had died and you had no charger..
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:16:04 AM PST
by
Paradox
(American Conservatives: Keeping the world safe for Liberalism.)
To: Coffee_drinker
It's pretty clear from listening to the posts of people who have traveled that road. It is ill marked and not maintained. The main road looks no better than the turns-offs so you think you're on the main road and you're on one of literally hundreds of fire roads and logging roads which dead end.
Everyone local says the road is extremely hazardous in winter, yet the chamber of commerce touts the road as being "scenic" without saying it is not traversable in bad weather.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:16:27 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Never Forget / Giuliani 2008)
To: BunnySlippers; Salvation
I am not from Oregon, but apparently it is big enough for river rafting.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:16:53 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Elyse
They did set the tires on fire,At night, for heat.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:19:41 AM PST
by
null and void
(To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
To: Uncle Hal
How do you burn tires?Pop the clutch at 6000 rpm...
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:21:47 AM PST
by
null and void
(To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
To: george76
am not from Oregon, but apparently it is big enough for river rafting. Its too big to cross and to swift to swim, I really don't think the man MR Kim would have even attempted it. I have a friend who used to be a river guide on the river it is famous for the white water rapids.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:22:05 AM PST
by
Coffee_drinker
(The best defense is a strong pre-emptive strike.)
To: george76
His family said he had outdoor experience.
One would think he would have had extra clothing and/or long underwear in his luggage to bundle up in before leaving out on his own. Blue jeans alone will not suffice in those temperatures and snow.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:23:19 AM PST
by
Muzzle_em
(taglines are for sissies)
To: Muzzle_em
Cotton jeans are terrible in cold and cool weather.
If cotton gets wet and cold...very bad.
Apparently he had no hat; he would lose alot of body warmth thru his uncovered head.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:27:41 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Coffee_drinker
I bet they thought they could save time.....
unless you are used to driving the back, back roads of this country, people don't have a clue what kind of trouble you can run into....
this could have happened to probably 90% of our population.....
God bless them all and I hope he is found alive......
save the cheerleader....save the world....and all that.....
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:28:11 AM PST
by
cherry
To: Coffee_drinker
Sounds like the river valley would be cool and damp even in the summer...
Now cold and wet ?
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:31:15 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:31:22 AM PST
by
Diddle E. Squat
(An easy 10-team playoff based on the BCS bowls can be implemented by next year. See my homepage.)
To: Paradox
Imagine if your cellphone battery had died and you had no charger..
Good point. Lots of things can go wrong. Best you can do is try to minimize those things, and make reasonable preparations to deal with them happening anyway.
It doesn't take long or cost much to assemble an emergency kit, and for the most part, once its done, you're prepared for the next couple of years.
If you have kids, its even more important.
To: Muzzle_em
hypothermia and dehydration.....it can change your perception of everything....
a hunter with vast experience got lost in north eastern Washington two months ago....he wandered and wandered and finally they found him 19 miles from his camp...he simply sat down under a tree and went to sleep permanently.....
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:31:53 AM PST
by
cherry
To: null and void
8-)
Pop the clutch at 6000 rpm...
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:32:08 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Diddle E. Squat
Thanks for the map.
Looks like an easy place to get lost.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:34:51 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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