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...I presume that you saw the reconstruction on one of the Ray Mears programs?...


No, I saw the I Shouldn't Be Alive: Ice Cave Survivor show.

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The thing's that struck me most strongly about that little debacle where:
1) His total lack of preparation.
2) A properly employed Ritter PSK would have gotten him and his son rescued.


Absolutely agreed. A simple fire would likely have saved his son from frostbite, and some basic signaling (including smoke from said fire) would have attracted the attention of the helicopters that flew nearby multiple times.