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#112756 - 11/17/07 03:42 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while [Re: Shadow_oo00]
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We all do things wrong from time to time and make big mistakes, the ability to survive our mistakes and those of others is why people like this old man and hopefully those of us here survive.
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#112758 - 11/17/07 05:15 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while [Re: raydarkhorse]
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Great story....good for him!!
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#112760 - 11/17/07 05:30 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while [Re: ]
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My mistake, in my haste to post a reply I failed to catch that.
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#112762 - 11/17/07 05:36 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while fami [Re: ]
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Registered: 03/12/06
Posts: 141
Loc: Humboldt County, CA
Ahh, age-shmage! 63 ain't that old. Give him twenty more years and then say his age might have worked against him. Those Inuit guys eat lots of fish, one of the most nutrient dense foods.
If you live a healthy lifestyle, you don't get "old" until you're almost 100. Only smokers, alcoholics, unhealthy eaters and couch-potatoes get old in their sixties. Age is relative.
If people really wanted to live to be 120, they could. A few have, maybe because they didn't listen to society telling them that people don't live that long.
Sixty should be thought of by mainstream society as "just over the hump"! People just have to wake up to the reality that we are not living anywhere near the healthy lifestyles that we could be living.
Think about it. If every time you thought about MacDonald's you instead ate a salad of green leafy vegetables topped with tomatoes and broccoli garnished with a little crushed garlic topped with extra-virgin olive oil flavored with a few drops of balsamic vinegar, and if every time you thought you'd spend a few hours in front of the idiot-box you instead took a five-mile walk in the woods, and if every time you thought about smoking a cigarette you instead did twenty-five push-ups followed by a cool glass of water with a lemon wedge in it, and if every time you thought about getting drunk you instead read a book while sipping a cup of green tea, and if every time you were about to give in to anger and curse or yell you instead breathed deep and reflected on how silly life can often be,...


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#112767 - 11/17/07 06:34 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while [Re: TQS]
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Originally Posted By: TQS
Ahh, age-shmage! 63 ain't that old. Give him twenty more years and then say his age might have worked against him. Those Inuit guys eat lots of fish, one of the most nutrient dense foods.
If you live a healthy lifestyle, you don't get "old" until you're almost 100. Only smokers, alcoholics, unhealthy eaters and couch-potatoes get old in their sixties. Age is relative.
If people really wanted to live to be 120, they could. A few have, maybe because they didn't listen to society telling them that people don't live that long.
Sixty should be thought of by mainstream society as "just over the hump"! People just have to wake up to the reality that we are not living anywhere near the healthy lifestyles that we could be living.


Looking forward to your follow-up post in 25-30 years to see how you are getting along...

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#112769 - 11/17/07 07:36 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while [Re: ]
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Imagine that, another topic heading off into left field.....lol
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#112770 - 11/17/07 08:35 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while fami [Re: TQS]
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smile I am what I am.
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#112785 - 11/18/07 02:14 AM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while fami [Re: CityBoyGoneCountry]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
"Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's the big deal about walking for 10 hours?"

You're joking, right?

He was 200 miles NORTH of the Arctic Circle!

He was walking through snow and ice, with nothing to stop the wind. Minus-36 degrees below zero.

He knew where he was going and nearly got there, in an area that is one of the least populated in the world.

And he knew how to tell rescuers where to find his family.

Sue

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#112795 - 11/18/07 04:09 AM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while fami [Re: Susan]
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
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The man did have navigational aid. When you live in an environment, you build up a mental map of features never plotted on a USGS topo.

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#112826 - 11/18/07 04:29 PM Re: Man walks 10 hours across Arctic tundra while [Re: Shadow_oo00]
TQS Offline
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Loc: Humboldt County, CA
Originally Posted By: Shadow_oo00
Imagine that, another topic heading off into left field.....lol


Sometimes veering off a little to the right or to the left is much more interesting than piling up behind those who have nothing better to say than "Me too,...baahhh...baahhh...Look at me, I'm a baseball playin' sheople." An original negster, informed once again that it is alright to let go of the handrail from time to time, and that most people don't find it all that scary. BooOO.
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