Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy

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.
In years past, this forum has carried several threads on surviving a
crash in a remote area. I behooves us all to review our personal
preparations for off airport landings in areas over which we will be
flying.

I snowmobile as well as fly, and I think in general, adventurous people
like myself that do a lot of outdoor activities like flying and
snowmobiling just know about and take basic survival with them and know
the dangers of the mountains or even the outdoors.

But you get a typical person who isn't much of an outdoorsman, who for
the most part lives in the city where there is no shortage of resources
and most don't even give basis survival equipment a second (let alone
first) thought when traveling. They get in their car and go.

It is a very tragic story. I was following it on the news hoping that
they would find him alive.

I feel so sad for him family