Originally Posted By: garland
You know, in reading this article I think they did fairly well, all things considered. I mean basically if you look at it they left the car to look for a tree and got lost in the woods - which many of you should know is NOT had to do. Unless you check behind you from time to time, it's downright impossible to navigate in a pine forest. EVERYTHING looks the same.


Ben East was a writer for Outdoor Life from the '40s to the '70s and reported on many survival stories. One of his favorite maxims was, "Never step off a road or a marked trail unless you're ready to spend the night in the woods."
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