12-18-2006, 02:48 PM
[black][size 3]With all due respect to that man's family, and in direct contradiction to what the uninformed media presented, that man made a host of mistakes. As a matter of fact, from the story I have read thus far, he did nothing right. I can't even think of where to start.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]First off, he was completely unprepared for anything - no provisions, no equipment, no maps, and no knowledge of what to do in an emergency, and apparently, could not recognize the full situation that he had placed himself and his family in. [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]Secondly, he made the mistake of taking an unfamiliar road in a potentially unforgiving area of which he had absolutely no knowedge and was unprepared to go there. [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]And lastly(not really but bandwidth prevents a detailed analysis because there are so many things he did wrong) he did not take short duration hikes to orient himself and discover the possible surrounding avenues of self aid - instead, all we really know is that he took off, got disoriented, lost, died, and left his family to die as well. Well meaning intentions really have little meaning when the outcome is as it turned out. [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]What more could be said would take volumes. It was a tragidy that in my opinion, was almost entirely avoidable. [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]First off, he was completely unprepared for anything - no provisions, no equipment, no maps, and no knowledge of what to do in an emergency, and apparently, could not recognize the full situation that he had placed himself and his family in. [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]Secondly, he made the mistake of taking an unfamiliar road in a potentially unforgiving area of which he had absolutely no knowedge and was unprepared to go there. [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]And lastly(not really but bandwidth prevents a detailed analysis because there are so many things he did wrong) he did not take short duration hikes to orient himself and discover the possible surrounding avenues of self aid - instead, all we really know is that he took off, got disoriented, lost, died, and left his family to die as well. Well meaning intentions really have little meaning when the outcome is as it turned out. [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]What more could be said would take volumes. It was a tragidy that in my opinion, was almost entirely avoidable. [/size][/black]
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