Not too many people carry road flares around here and with the extreme torrential rain we have had for the past weeks, it is doubtful that I could even start a fire, let alone an inexperienced person.

However, having a whistle is always a good idea - but around here, people don't think that veering off of established rails within sight of city skylines is a requirement for a whistle, let alone any other essentials.

This area is blessed - and cursed for it's environment that allows a person to be in the wild in a very short time and enjoying nature, but one can easily run into trouble in seconds.

This image is of the Vancouver area and as you can see, the mountains and potential dangers are on our door step. The area where the person was found is probably less then 8 or so miles off to the right of this image and I now live about about 45 minutes driving time to the SSE from there.