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Family died in Rockies after trying to live ‘off the grid,’ official says
SF Gate ^ | 7/26/2023 | By Eduardo Medina

Posted on 07/26/2023 8:18:04 AM PDT by NohSpinZone

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To: NohSpinZone

If they had only watched one more season of a reality TV survival show on Netflix……..


41 posted on 07/26/2023 8:40:11 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Das dicke Ende kommt noc!)
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To: Big Red Badger
McCandless comes to mind

McCandless was nothing like these folks. He did know how to survive off-grid. He did it in Alaska no less. If not for a plant mis-identification that was part of his diet...

42 posted on 07/26/2023 8:42:10 AM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: NohSpinZone

https://youtu.be/tBDXCr5kuJs


43 posted on 07/26/2023 8:42:14 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: All

Hauling a bunch of heavy can goods up in the Rockies in the winter is not living off the land. Did they even think what they were going to eat after they opened that last can of frozen fruit. Me thinks they watched to many survivalist TV shows.


44 posted on 07/26/2023 8:43:28 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Arise and shine,and give God the glory!-A trail cook's morning call.)
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To: KeyLargo

Then I assume these gals will still be voting.


45 posted on 07/26/2023 8:43:42 AM PDT by xp38
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To: NohSpinZone
Michael Barnes, the Gunnison County coroner, said on Tuesday that the family members were all from Colorado Springs and had lived “off the grid,” survived on canned food and sheltered in a tent before a harsh winter or malnourishment most likely led to their deaths.

Well... stupid is as stupid does.

The Darwin theory at work.

46 posted on 07/26/2023 8:45:43 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: Tupelo

One place I worked, I put up a sign that said “The Alferd Packer Memorial Break Room”.

It stayed up for over three months...


47 posted on 07/26/2023 8:47:42 AM PDT by null and void (Intelligence has limits, while gullibility doesn't. ~ SunkenCiv)
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To: NohSpinZone

Sad tragedy. Even so, with the new laws about electric stoves what they were doing will be against the law soon.


48 posted on 07/26/2023 8:48:26 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: elpadre

>> with a good and healthy husband they would probably be alive.

Yeah, because he would have told ‘em “Not only no but HECK NO! Don’t be silly!”


49 posted on 07/26/2023 8:49:45 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: DCBryan1

How to Survive the OUTDOORS!
(& My Horrible Experience.)

https://youtu.be/OmZTVJUn3kE


50 posted on 07/26/2023 8:49:52 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: xp38
Then I assume these gals will still be voting.

The 14 year old will still have to wait a few years.

51 posted on 07/26/2023 8:50:04 AM PDT by null and void (Intelligence has limits, while gullibility doesn't. ~ SunkenCiv)
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To: McGruff

Canned food and living off the grid do not equate.

If you truly want to live like it’s 1885, then you eat what you grow or kill.


52 posted on 07/26/2023 8:50:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Tagline for sale.)
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53 posted on 07/26/2023 8:50:45 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Natural selection by old man Darwin, working 365/24!

Some label it as “Culling the Herd!”.


54 posted on 07/26/2023 8:51:37 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We have number of experts, stating B$ as fact, & they have no idea, nor reality, nor solutions!!)
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To: 1Old Pro

So many to choose from. Winnie the Pooh, Yogi Bear, Smokey the bear, Fozzie Bear, Care Bears, Gummi bears..


55 posted on 07/26/2023 8:52:35 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: EEGator
--- "Women."

Mummies as it turns out.

Check out the photo at the NY Post article.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/07/25/two-sisters-teen-boys-remains-found-at-remote-colorado-campsite/

Bet they were praying for some global warming....

56 posted on 07/26/2023 8:54:11 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: CFW

“how to build and maintain a fire”

To my mind, the most important skill, and so many can’t. I’ve seen people on UT start a fire with a butane torch - this works until it runs out. Starting a fire is a skill, and keeping one going all night takes vigilance and a lot of wood. It’s easy to misjudge and run out of wood at 4am.

I’ve seen new campers try and start a fire with damp logs and charcoal lighter. This is funny until it’s cold.

But the saddest part of this story, is that there had to be a moment when they realized they screwed up. But they were too sick or weak to get out.


57 posted on 07/26/2023 8:54:11 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: KeyLargo
DEMOCRATS

I don't know their party affiliation, but I'm sure they're white. This sounds like something only white people would do.

58 posted on 07/26/2023 9:03:40 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: NohSpinZone

Not stupid - insane.

And enablers allowed her to go off to some place to literally commit suicide, and take two others with her.


59 posted on 07/26/2023 9:03:43 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Natural selection at work.


60 posted on 07/26/2023 9:03:59 AM PDT by skimbell
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