Family died in Rockies after trying to live ‘off the grid,’ official says

SF Gate ^ | 7/26/2023 | By Eduardo Medina

[NohSpinZone]

Two women and a kid. Clearly ill-prepared to deal with the harshness of a winter in the Rockies, especially with all the snow we got last season.

[Steely Tom]

A little too far off the grid.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Clearly not bright. 🙄

[1Old Pro]

sheltered in a tent before a harsh winter

Should have built a cabin with a wood stove.

[Sirius Lee]

Winter kills. Cold and starvation will get you.

People should be praying for the mild winters the climate hysteriaticians are prophesizing.

[null and void]

Or at least found a cave, and snuggled with a bear!

[1Old Pro]

Or at least found a cave, and snuggled with a bear!

Yep a cuddly bear.

[EEGator]

Women.

[Theoria]

They basically did a airplane crash in a mountainous environment, but without the urge to survive. Lots of people don't understand the hardship and requiremtnst to live in harsh conditions.

Even easy life anywhere can get difficult without electricity and water; very fast. A complete fantasy world to think you could have survived with zero planning.

[Jonty30]

They should have practiced through weekend camping trips.

[lastchance]

It was ill advised bordering on criminal to drag a 14 year old into that situation. A sad and avoidable death.

[Robert A Cook PE]

The Donner Party tried to survive a Sierra Nevada Mountain winter in tents and huts. They also failed.

[lastchance]

Even an igloo might have been better.

[butlerweave]

They prepared by camping in their Living Room for a day ?

[CFW]

You can’t just decide to “live off the grid” and then move to the wilderness. That’s not the way it works. You have to first be in shape both mentally and physically. Also, you have to already have some survivor-ship skills and some basic tools. People who have done it in the past already knew which wild foods could be eaten and which were poisonous. They knew how to obtain drinkable water, how to build and maintain a fire, and where and how to build a shelter. Also, taking an out-of-shape fourteen year old child with you is the height of irresponsibility.

There have been occasions in the past where people were stranded and managed to survive until rescued. Those instances are few and far between and they survived due to unbelievable luck, a bit of common sense, and God’s grace.

[1Old Pro]

It was ill advised bordering on criminal to drag a 14 year old into that situation. A sad and avoidable death.

Yes, criminal, but can't be punished now.

[NohSpinZone]

All great points. As a lifelong city slicker, my idea of roughing it is having to stay in a low-budget motel because rooms are booked otherwise.

[elpadre]

with a good and healthy husband they would probably be alive. The order of creation has great strength to survive.

[xp38]

People idealize nature. There are only a few places that are like the Garden of Eden. The Rockies for all it’s scenery ain’t one of them.

[EEGator]

Not many creatures live to old age in nature.
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