Remarkable NZ story. A woman with a lot of bush experience set out on a four day hike, got disoriented, injured her leg, and kept herself alive for six weeks while finding her way out.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/...n-for-six-weeks

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/89117310/Shelley-Crooks-remarkable-story-of-survival

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealan...sing-woman.html

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealan...-six-weeks.html

Lots of classic woulda-shoulda takeaways here, the first of which is to leave specific information so that people know when you are overdue and where to look. Better all around.

But I have to voice some admiration as well. She obviously has strong survival skills, the wit to use them, and the will to keep going. A win is a win.

Pic of typical terrain:

Same story(?) as; http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=281851#Post281851

PS. No it is not same story.