Equipped To Survive Equipped To Survive® Presents
The Survival Forum
Where do you want to go on ETS?

Topic Options
#100128 - 07/18/07 07:21 PM Article: Chances lessen after 51 hours lost
jmarkantes Offline
Member

Registered: 05/02/05
Posts: 138
Loc: Portland, OR, USA
There's an article in today's Oregonian (local paper)- Odds grim after 2 days lost.

I don't think there's anything that surprising in there that we haven't heard on this forum before. It is kind of cool when you hear actual statistical research going into past events. Here they studied outcomes of over 4,000 search and rescue operations in Oregon. They didn't take into account physical conditioning, experience, nor survival gear. Didn't have the stats.

It seemed the summer months were worse off in outcome. Possibly because there are more hikers then?

The main lesson anyone can take away is to file a plan ahead of time, and if some is suspected of missing, get started sooner than later.

J

Top
#100134 - 07/18/07 08:26 PM Re: Article: Chances lessen after 51 hours lost [Re: jmarkantes]
Blast Offline
INTERCEPTOR
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
Wow, I'm not used to newspapers having such good articles. thanks for the link.

-Blast
_________________________
Foraging Texas
Medicine Man Plant Co.
DrMerriwether on YouTube
Radio Call Sign: KI5BOG
*As an Amazon Influencer, I may earn a sales commission on Amazon links in my posts.

Top
#100155 - 07/19/07 12:55 AM Re: Article: Chances lessen after 51 hours lost [Re: jmarkantes]
a_m Offline
newbie

Registered: 11/28/05
Posts: 29
Loc: Ottawa
Here's a link to the abstract from the original journal article:
http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline/?req...2&page=0095

Alex

Top



Moderator:  Alan_Romania, Blast, cliff, Hikin_Jim 
March
Su M Tu W Th F Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Who's Online
0 registered (), 290 Guests and 44 Spiders online.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
GallenR, Jeebo, NicholasMarshall, Yadav, BenFoakes
5367 Registered Users
Newest Posts
What did you do today to prepare?
by dougwalkabout
Yesterday at 11:21 PM
Zippo Butane Inserts
by dougwalkabout
Yesterday at 11:11 PM
Question about a "Backyard Mutitool"
by Ren
03/17/24 01:00 AM
Problem in my WhatsApp configuration
by Chisel
03/09/24 01:55 PM
New Madrid Seismic Zone
by Jeanette_Isabelle
03/04/24 02:44 PM
EDC Reduction
by EchoingLaugh
03/02/24 04:12 PM
Using a Compass Without a Map
by KenK
02/28/24 12:22 AM
Newest Images
Tiny knife / wrench
Handmade knives
2"x2" Glass Signal Mirror, Retroreflective Mesh
Trade School Tool Kit
My Pocket Kit
Glossary
Test

WARNING & DISCLAIMER: SELECT AND USE OUTDOORS AND SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES AT YOUR OWN RISK. Information posted on this forum is not reviewed for accuracy and may not be reliable, use at your own risk. Please review the full WARNING & DISCLAIMER about information on this site.