If you don't mind my asking, what happened that nephew Dave got lost in the woods? Glad he was found safe and sound.
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Witnesses protection program lol.
Just a fyi if your in the Charleston area .dont take pictures of the basket weavers some will start throwing stuff at you and you may be cursed in gullah or english.ask first . If u hear the word bucra and are caucasian leave .
I used to think they were crazy in some their Beliefs .but ive been patched uo by the root doctor quite a few times.
He and his friend Erik, both experienced hikers, were backpacking outside McCall Idaho and didn't return as scheduled. (Around 26 hours of nervousness for family but 48 or so hours for the wives.) They were taking another trail back that wasn't we3ll marked and not maintained and got turned around. They did a lot of bushwhacking and, when they realized they were not heading in the correct direction (sun rising in the west was a clue) they determined they were better off staying in that direction as they would reach camp grounds there probably faster than if they turned around and tried to get back to the car. They knew they were ok and where they were but had no way of letting their wives know as the cell connectivity was limited. Eventually, they came across 2 forest service workers who drove them to their headquarters where they could then contact the wives and search and rescue folks. Cool story out of it - there is someone in Montana that basically funds helicopter searches, with infrared capability, to help out in these situations. It's his way of using the money he made to do help others. Not sure if Lucy, the dog, will be very eager to go camping in the near future.
His brother, Nephew Mike, was the one that did the research on the bear fatality statistics.
Glad the story had a happy ending! It doesn't take much to get turned around in the woods, that's for sure. Good that they left day/time out info and roughly where they were. I've got some people that don't do that for one reason or another. I did a time or two in my 20s I guess but it drives me nuts now. Such a simple precaution.