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3 weeks in the Alaskan bush, alone, after a cabin fire.

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David Thomas BPL Member

PostedJan 10, 2020 at 6:47 pm

I was torn between “Winter Hiking” and “Off-Piste” but reading this story made me think most about redundancy and contingencies while winter camping (and secondarily about disaster preparedness around the home front).

A guy’s remote homestead cabin burned down and he stayed in a snow cave and then an improvised shelter for 3 weeks before the State Troopers conducted a welfare check on him. After a shower and McDonald’s meal, he was interviewed and gave the following account:

https://dps.alaska.gov/getmedia/4d477f96-1d92-4082-8ec9-76dd97580108/Winter-Fire-Survivor_1-10-2020?fbclid=IwAR0s_ETXaFQO_2fs-XK_T3EZCYt0AMZlW2UHI7sP9edDgqJndKAfKZCr24s

Video from the rescue helicopter is the first video on the Troopers’ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaStateTroopersOfficial/

Paul Wagner BPL Member

PostedJan 10, 2020 at 9:44 pm

Amazing story….

Mike B BPL Member

PostedJan 10, 2020 at 9:57 pm

Wow. A testament to the human will to live. With a little bit of supplies and the will to live we can go a lot longer than we would think.

thank you for sharing.

Eric Blumensaadt BPL Member

PostedJan 10, 2020 at 10:54 pm

And in the dead of an Alaskan winter!

Nobody could have done better and few could have done as well.

Philip Tschersich BPL Member

PostedJan 10, 2020 at 11:37 pm

Good story. It’s a welcome contrast to the sad, sad sinking of the Scandies Rose. At least that episode had 2 survivors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/us/alaska-fishing-boat-sank-scandies-rose-coast-guard.amp.html

Wits and luck: wishing everyone each, in equal and ample supply…

Jerry Adams BPL Member

PostedJan 11, 2020 at 2:20 pm

yeah, good story, thanks

It seems like I hear stories here first, then maybe a day later it makes its way to mainstream media

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/us/man-survives-alaska-wilderness-trnd/index.html

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