Yes crater lake was very sad...indeed.
You might want to re-read my post...that wasn't intended as a compliment to Sara R...and I can't comment about her honesty I just feel she truly messed up here...way beyond what someone should have in her position.
unlimited searchers with blood hounds and fresh dirty socks. And dynamic leaders of total competence with out poor sarah R. would not have done a bit of good.
16 miles is about the most a man can travel on foot in one day. Abadoning his clothes and going into a hellish ravine would suggest the onset of poor judgement caused by hypothermia. Though it can be tempting to go down hill when you've had hours of walking and time to start second guess ing your decissions.
I realy don't think Mr Kim lived past the first day of leaving his car. 9 hours of light at 2 miles an hour avg walking speed gives him 18 miles on moderatly rough terrain. Then being warm he abandond clothes he didn't think he needed. Dove into in to a subtropical rain forested canyon were it can take 5 minutes to go ten feet allowing himself to get wet crossing streams. Going into that canyon was realy his, one really fatal error.
He was realy consistant He never turns around realizing, If he had only crawled back up to the road. He dosen't seem to turn around to easyly.