Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:29:50 GMT, (Ron Lee) wrote:

You don't need giant muk luks. A good hiking boot would have been a
tremendous asset. Hunting boots would have been better yet and snow
boots the best, With tennis shoes his feet were frozen 10 minutes after
he left the car. Any hat that covers the ears would have been a huge
difference. Any mittens or gloves likewise. To drive into the
mountains without those was reckless. To leave the car without those
was a death sentence.

I just started trying to ID the road he was one and the one thing I
noted was that I-5 was nearby. Why would he leave I-5 except in a
city/town setting?

Paper said they'd missed their exit to the road going to the coast and left I-5
thinking they'd found an alternate route.

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:25:44 GMT, in rec.aviation.piloting John Ousterhout
wrote:

] It appears that Get-there-itis caused Kim to keep going long past the
] point where he should have turned back. Regardless of what he saw on the
] map or other navigation device the road and weather conditions were
] shouting "TURN BACK". Yet as conditions worsened he passed up several
] opportunities to turn back.
]
] James Kim's poor judgment to not turn back was the probable cause of
] this tragedy.

Another factor was the unknown vandal who cut off the lock and opened the gate
to a road normally closed during the winter.

Ron Wanttaja