Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
perhaps something as simple as a hand held GPS could have saved him. Or,
even a hand held radio.

It went well beyond that. Mr. Kim drove his family into mountainous
country, above the snow line, wearing tennis shoes and light clothing.
His chances of hiking out were almost nil.

I know he wasn't expecting to take a wrong turn, and I know he wasn't
expecting to get stuck in the snow, and I know he wasn't from that part
of the country -- but the unfortunate Mr. Kim apparently did not take
even the most basic precautions.

We keep a giant Tupperware container of survival gear in each of our
vehicles. In that kit is warm clothing, some food, chemical hand/feet
warmers jumper cables, flash lights, tools -- the basic survival stuff.
We have an even more extensive kit in our airplane, knowing that the
*average* time from crash to rescue is 18 hours in the United States --
plenty long to die of exposure in the Midwest.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



Jay, I live in the Pacific Northwest I never go on a mountain drive with
out crap to get myself unstuck and a full size spare tire and I carry and
have winter clothes and usually some sort of hunting equipment & a radio
with plenty of batteries. I know the area and unless you have some sort of
a transmitter even a CB you would be lucky to be found if ever during the
winter on some of the logging roads can go on for miles and miles and miles.