That's where IQ comes into play. Those with a low IQ require significantly more training/education, because they don't have the reasoning skills to figure things out themselves. Folks like this family are why we have to put warning labels on drain cleaners that say, "Danger, do not eat!"

Instructions to not drive down a "forest road", in a semi-wilderness area, with no cellphone service, in the dead of winter, in a blizzard, in three feet of snow, when the main roads are closed, with only urine to drink, should NOT require a mention in the DMV manual.


If not for the lack of IQ, training/education wouldn't be so necessary. Granted, not everybody is smart. But news organizations shouldn't prop up the dumb ones by going on about their "wilderness skills and training". Otherwise, more dumb ones will follow suit.

I'm glad there were smart people around who were able to save this dumb family.


I will cut people slack sometimes. but in this case, they really went off and did something stupid. I guess what pisses me off the most, is that they put their rescuers at risk trying to save them. In this particular incident, I didn't see it mentioned that rescuers were in danger. But that does happen. It shouldn't.