john smith wrote:
Mr Kim's death resulting from his decision to attempt to walk out of an
area he was unfamiliar with after becoming stranded, raises some thought
provoking questions for aviators.

There is nothing unique about Kim's death - nor much to learn, IMHO. At the
same time the Kim tragedy was playing out, another Oregon wilderness
tragedy occurred when a father and son went for a 6-hour snowmobiling trip
and got caught out in the wilderness. But when searchers finally found
them, the father had died.[1] When they were first reported missing their
family reported that the "two were described as well-equipped and
knowledgeable about survival in the mountains ... were reported to be
equipped with cell phones and multifrequency radios ... the two had been
snowmobiling in the area for years."

By the way, it looks like the Kim family tragedy has gotten an entry in
Wikipedia.[3]

[1] http://www.bendweekly.com/Local-News/1317.html
[2] http://www.examiner.com/a-424637~Two...a chelor.html
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim