Posted on 07/26/2023 8:18:04 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
Last summer, Rebecca Vance talked with her family about a dream she’d had: She wanted to live in a land disconnected from the world, which she viewed as chaotic and dangerous.
She told her stepsister, Trevala Jara, that she could grow and gather her own food in a remote place, that she and her teenage son could be happy and safe away from the news, the viruses, the politics of modern-day America.
“I’m going to worry about you,” Jara told her stepsister. But Vance was resolute. “I’m going to live off the land,” she replied.
Her decision proved to be fatal. On Tuesday, a coroner said that he had identified three bodies that had been found earlier this month in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains as those of Rebecca Vance, 42, her 14-year-old son and her sister, Christine Vance, 41, who, Jara said, had ventured with them out of concern for their safety, believing an extra set of hands could be useful.
The coroner’s findings came more than a week after the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office said that the bodies of the campers had been found near Gold Creek Campground, a discovery that drew national attention as officials sought to identify the victims and determine why they had apparently attempted to camp through a brutal winter.
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
If they had only watched one more season of a reality TV survival show on Netflix……..
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...
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.
Then I assume these gals will still be voting.
Well... stupid is as stupid does.
The Darwin theory at work.
One place I worked, I put up a sign that said “The Alferd Packer Memorial Break Room”.
It stayed up for over three months...
Sad tragedy. Even so, with the new laws about electric stoves what they were doing will be against the law soon.
>> 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!”
The 14 year old will still have to wait a few years.
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.
Natural selection by old man Darwin, working 365/24!
Some label it as “Culling the Herd!”.
So many to choose from. Winnie the Pooh, Yogi Bear, Smokey the bear, Fozzie Bear, Care Bears, Gummi bears..
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....
“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.
I don't know their party affiliation, but I'm sure they're white. This sounds like something only white people would do.
Not stupid - insane.
And enablers allowed her to go off to some place to literally commit suicide, and take two others with her.
Natural selection at work.
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