Jeffrey Yago posted a good reminder for outdoor enthusiasts.
Be ready in case of accident in the wilds. Or, more likely, in the event you are called on to help someone less experienced in the wild.
You MIGHT question his math, however.
It seems like every winter there are news stories of people getting stranded for weeks in bad weather while driving through the many remote areas of our country. In fact, this past winter, our nation held its breath waiting for news of James Kim and his family who got lost traveling the snowy roads of Josephine County in Oregon …
While his wife and daughters, who stayed with their vehicle, were eventually found alive, he succumbed to the cold as he hiked through snow looking for help for his family. And there are also many cases of people trapped for days in their vehicles after skidding over a bridge embankment, even though they were only a few hundred feet from a busy highway.
(via Lifehacker)
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