Okay, here's a similar story: another senior (86) lost for four days, then found alive. (What, is there something in the water?) His 90 year old friend dropped him in the wrong spot and he cut cross-country. Tough old bird, certainly; but a few additional items would have saved him a lot of hardship.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nati...article1697709/