Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy

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Sorry to hear about this... Does anyone have any background on it? I
live in Colorado and haven't heard about it.

You must not watch the national news much. Search with Google on his
name and you should find lots of information.

Matt

I don't have cable and I don't watch TV (except DVDs). I could afford
it, but have just found it pointless after the past couple of years
(the loss of the non-Fox Speedvision and Wings channel in particular).
Unless you're into reality TV, television is just terrible. I do check
CNN and my local news almost every day, and didn't see this apparently
high profile story.

Anyway, as I said originally I'm sorry to hear about this. But having
lived and played in and around the high country (CO front range
mountains), I find this lack of preparation irresponsible and frankly
not very smart. Leaving your car in the 1st place is a BAD MOVE...



Matt Whiting wrote:
wrote:

Sorry to hear about this... Does anyone have any background on it? I
live in Colorado and haven't heard about it.

You must not watch the national news much. Search with Google on his
name and you should find lots of information.

Matt

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Unless you're into reality TV, television is just terrible.


Military channel, History, Discovery, Discovery Times, TLC. There's a
lot of great TV out there.

NASA TV too, you get the heads up display on shuttle
approach and landings.


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Newps wrote:
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Unless you're into reality TV, television is just terrible.


Military channel, History, Discovery, Discovery Times, TLC. There's a
lot of great TV out there.

Used to be. Those channels are good for awhile, but then they start
repeating. Besides, TLC has turned into the freak show / biker build
off network. Discovery has non-stop coverage of sharks and/or dinos,
but even that gets boring after awhile. History is good, but there's
only so much I can take about Romans and Nazis. Military channel is
repeat central, and they got rid of most of the good GA content.

I don't regret ditching cable. Reading is far more interesting, and
I've had plenty to read lately anyway (just got the IA, now working on
the commercial and CFI).

wrote:
I don't have cable and I don't watch TV (except DVDs). I could afford
it, but have just found it pointless after the past couple of years
(the loss of the non-Fox Speedvision and Wings channel in particular).
Unless you're into reality TV, television is just terrible. I do check
CNN and my local news almost every day, and didn't see this apparently
high profile story.

Anyway, as I said originally I'm sorry to hear about this. But having
lived and played in and around the high country (CO front range
mountains), I find this lack of preparation irresponsible and frankly
not very smart. Leaving your car in the 1st place is a BAD MOVE...

I have only what I get with rabbit ears (two local channels and a very
snowy Fox channel), however, I do check MSNBC and CNN on the internet.
This story was plastered everywhere for more than a week. It was pretty
hard to miss, but I'm impressed that you did! :-) It is good to get
away from it all now and then.

Matt

Matt Whiting wrote:

I have only what I get with rabbit ears (two local channels and a very
snowy Fox channel), however, I do check MSNBC and CNN on the internet.
This story was plastered everywhere for more than a week. It was pretty
hard to miss, but I'm impressed that you did! :-) It is good to get
away from it all now and then.

Matt

I've got a good excuse! I had my IA checkride last weekend, so I was a
little preoccupied up through that time period.

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Anyway, as I said originally I'm sorry to hear about this. But having
lived and played in and around the high country (CO front range
mountains), I find this lack of preparation irresponsible and frankly
not very smart. Leaving your car in the 1st place is a BAD MOVE...

Generally, I'd agree. Especially if I was leaving an airplane.

But in this case.... I'd have left the car sooner than 8 days. Either
folks weren't looking for me, or they were looking in the wrong place.
However, I'd have NEVER left the road. Searchers can see you on a
road. They can't see you in the trees.
He did his best. Too bad.