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[ Friday, December 08, 2006 13:54 ]

Legacy Journal:James Kim in Oregon

Section:
Weather

Summary:
Lessons from James Kim: A road less travelled..

Death in a winter wilderness is not a one way route. However, getting lost and stuck at night in foul weather at the end of a logging road at 4,500 feet can begin a cascade of potentially fatal events. Falls can kill in seconds, wet hypothermia and exposure in minutes, dehydration in hours, starvation in days. Aquired infectious diseases like malaria, typhoid or hanta virus can be acute or chronic. Ingestion of contaminated water and naturally occuring poisons does occur to those forced to live off the land.

The locals do not travel Bear Camp Rd #23 in winter the east to west on the slow 53 mile shortcut along the “ Wild and Scenic Section of the Rogue River “ to the coast and a resort in the town of Gold Beach. BLM, USFS and county service roads may be paved, but they are not the Interstate. Night travel in an underequpped Saab station wagon driven by an inexperienced tourist from The City on vacation with kids would be considered high risk at the outset. A country rube in the Tenderloin District for a night out in San Francisco would be safer.

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A reasonable equipment list would include:

* Tire chains

* Detailed current maps of unfamiliar terrain are critically important tools of the wilderness trades.

* GPS and compass are basic instruments for backroad and backcountry orienteering.

* Bright orange and reflecting duct tape or spray paint and flairs can aid air rescue patrols in locating the stranded.on the ground.

* Matches or wind proof lighter. Fire starter like Vasoline coated cotton balls.

* Candles can warm a small space.

* A shovel, axe,several burlap bags, cable, and a mechanic wench can help free a vehicle from a snowbank.

* Spare fuel can extend survival time.

* Fully charged spare batteries for essential equpment.

* A radio with a hand generator.

* A Strong directed beam, portable, battery powered, light source.

* A proper hat, work groves and boots, insulated sox and layered water proof inner and outer synthetic clothing.

Fighting fire and falling trees during the season in those very hills brings many hard hats and hard bodies of Oregon close to the multiple dangers of this kind of treachous terrain. This is not designer label territoryl

Meanwhile, who does not anquish over the dilemma of a Dad taking on the fatefull decision strike out on foot and scramble 16 miles to seek aid and save his family. No words or work of fiction can match the nobility of good will on the ground vs the awesome power of nature. However, the dressing room wisdom from Davis on this day is that a hero can and did make some bad and ultimately fatal decisions.

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Posted by: eegotoguy on 12/08 at 01:54 PM
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