Choada_Boy Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Guy had the rare "Must Do Attitude". Fuckin' A!!!!! Quote
mike1 Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Guy had the rare "Must Do Attitude". Fuckin' A!!!!! Fuckin' A. Quote
ivan Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 An odd twist to this story: Weird details! i guess when your ankle's busted yer too slow to catch the wily snafflehunds! Quote
fettster Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 About the same info as the CNN link, but a few more details added: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/missing_climber_found_alive_on.html Quote
letsroll Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 WOW..that guy is tough as nails. "I am hurt and I am getting the hell out of here!!!" Glad to hear that he is alive and safe, I was starting to think we were not going to have a good ending to this story. But WOW, what a story. Quote
ScaredSilly Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Grubs man ya gotta eat the grubs - rub a dub dub - lets eat some grubs. Insects have a lot of protein in them. Especially grubs. Quote
Jeff W Posted October 19, 2008 Author Posted October 19, 2008 It would be interesting to find out if Derek has been watching Man vs. Wild, the Bear Grylls program on Discovery. Bear seems to be eating grubs or other insects in nearly every episode. Maybe Bear Grylls could learn something from Derek's survival strategy. Quote
denalidave Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 I bet it was millipedes. I bet they were the best tasting millipedes he had in a very long time. Quote
EWolfe Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 centipedes, millipedes, it's just too damn many legs. Now grubs! Soft, squishy, proteiny and not all those gaggy legs! Quote
mike1 Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 Don't millipede secrete some sort of poison? Quote
rbw1966 Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 what a nice surprise to get a happy finish. . . Wow--those SAR folks really do go the extra mile! Joking aside, mad props to all those who sacrificed their time and energy to bring this to a joyous conclusion and for the amazing will to survive at display in Mssr. Mamoyac (sp?). Isn't it about time to hold some sort of fundraiser for our local SAR boys? Tis the season. Quote
denalidave Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 I was up on Adams today hiking around and was half thinking of trying some of the grubs, just to see what it would be like. I opted for the PBJ instead. Still curious though. Snails are good, albeit a bit gritty. Not sure if they would be good without all the fancy cookin though. Quote
JBo6 Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 That is awesome that he was found. Way to go SAR. Also the MLU debate has moved to Mt. Adams now. http://www.katu.com/news/31231924.html#idc-ctools Evidently he was irresponsible for not bringing a GPS "so that people could locate him" In all seriousness, was to go Mr. Mamoyac I'm not sure how many people would be able to do what you did, good job. Quote
sobo Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 We are all very glad that Derek was found alive and for all intents and purposes, OK. But let's remember a few things: Derek had never climbed a mountain like Adams before, he didn't know where he was going (no map, compass, GPS, etc), he had to rent his gear (i.e., suggesting that he wasn't very experienced in its use), he went at not so great a time of year (there was some pretty serious weather up high that was easily forecasted), and he went alone. In short, he was very lucky to have been found alive, but I respect the fact that he did all he could to get himself down and out under his own power. I just hope he learned a valuable lesson. "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from surviving bad judgment." Quote
summerprophet Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Agreed Sobo, Three quarters of the time mountaineering is go up until you reach the top, then turn around and go down until you reach the car. All this extraneous gear and training is just there to keep us from dying in the event things go bad....... and they can go bad so very fast up there. Quote
G-spotter Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 It would be interesting to find out if Derek has been watching Man vs. Wild, the Bear Grylls program on Discovery. Bear seems to be eating grubs or other insects in nearly every episode. Maybe Bear Grylls could learn something from Derek's survival strategy. Bear Grylls is a fake. Quote
Stefan Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 It would be interesting to find out if Derek has been watching Man vs. Wild, the Bear Grylls program on Discovery. Bear seems to be eating grubs or other insects in nearly every episode. Maybe Bear Grylls could learn something from Derek's survival strategy. Bear Grylls is a fake. I don't think Bear Grylls has done a show for survival in the mountains with a broken ankle. Quote
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