Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy

Ron Lee wrote:

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?


http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat....91/Main/707603

Click on "View in Google Map"

Thanks. That answered a lot of questions along with knowing that they
wanted to get to the Oregon coast. What I still do not understand is
how good a road 23 is. From my mapping software, it looks like 42
(primary) then 199 (backup) are the only possible winter routes from
I-5 to the coast. Assumes that they are open in the winter of course.
23 does not appear to be a significant road.

It appears that they were on a road that should have raised a red flag
for a long time before becoming stuck. As far as they drove on the
BLM road chances are remote that Kim could have walked back to
civilization even if 23 was well travelled.

Ron Lee