Re: Arizona Republic Article on GC Hiker
I second Rob's recommendation of the Gonzales book. I plan to read it again. If nothing else, it has a lot of well-told danger-encounter stories that can...
Ed 2010-01-06 17:01:36 #59224
Re: Arizona Republic Article on GC Hiker
Very sad, yes. But you have to be impressed with the guy. He was
sitting in a dry creek waiting to die, probably suffering terribly,
and he typed out two...
southkaibab 2010-01-06 16:31:43 #59223
Re: Arizona Republic Article on GC Hiker
Rich-
I think your hypothesis is pretty good. The surprising thing is that he had hiked Grand Canyon before, he surely must have known he needed a permit. ...
JoshC 2010-01-06 15:23:45 #59222
Re: Arizona Republic Article on GC Hiker
Doug, I'm not sure I read that in Bill's post, but certainly none of us are immune from a canyon mishap. We're more likely to experience the kind of accident...
rich_rudow 2010-01-06 15:03:27 #59221
Re: Arizona Republic Article on GC Hiker
It's a tough line to walk between not "speaking ill of the dead" and
trying to analyze all this poor fellow did wrong.
Rescuers aren't even sure where he...
John 2010-01-06 14:26:08 #59220
Re: Arizona Republic Article on GC Hiker
I'm in the middle of a book titled Deep Survival: Who Lives and Who
Dies by Laurence Gonzales. It's led me to think differently about
accidents or what...
Rob Brading 2010-01-06 13:31:45 #59219
Re: Arizona Republic Article on GC Hiker
Bill, I think your comments carry some "this couldn't happen to me" along with the points your raise. But, unless you stick to a very firm decision never to...
DougN 2010-01-06 13:11:04 #59218
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