Mysterious death of three campers in Colorado

[lowsparkco]

Yeah. Setting aside McCandless (who purposely didn't bring maps, as part of his adventure concept), it seems like most people these days rely on electronic maps and navigation, if anything. And smartphones have a tendency to die suddenly and unexpectedly in cold weather.

McCandless didn’t die because he didn’t know where he was; he died from malnutrition and underestimating how big the river he needed to cross would be during melt.

It’s been a long time since I read the book, but I think you’re correct that he didn’t bring communication devices as that would be “cheating.”

Dude made it quite a while without much. Seems like apples and oranges to compare a truly wild locale in Alaska with a FS road a few miles outside of Pitkin.

Side note, myself and a lot of other outdoor enthusiasts know those woods reasonably well because I spent a month there getting a Wilderness EMT. The Wilderness Medicine Institute used to call Pitkin home.

[Djongo Unchained]

Hemlock garnish.

[hikesalot]

McCandless didn’t die because he didn’t know where he was; he died from malnutrition and underestimating how big the river he needed to cross would be during melt.

It’s been a long time since I read the book, but I think you’re correct that he didn’t bring communication devices as that would be “cheating.”

Dude made it quite a while without much. Seems like apples and oranges to compare a truly wild locale in Alaska with a FS road a few miles outside of Pitkin.

Side note, myself and a lot of other outdoor enthusiasts know those woods reasonably well because I spent a month there getting a Wilderness EMT. The Wilderness Medicine Institute used to call Pitkin home.

Wasn’t there a river crossing about a couple miles away (basket crossing?) that he didn’t know about because he didn’t have a map?

[Danno]

That's my recollection as well

[lowsparkco]

Maybe. I stand corrected.

Still, quite a bit more isolated that Pitkin.

These folks were 3 miles on a dirt road away from a town.

[rideit]

Darwin got three aces in that hand is my overview.

[beaterdit]

McCandless didn’t die because he didn’t know where he was; he died from malnutrition and underestimating how big the river he needed to cross would be during melt.

It’s been a long time since I read the book, but I think you’re correct that he didn’t bring communication devices as that would be “cheating.”

Dude made it quite a while without much. Seems like apples and oranges to compare a truly wild locale in Alaska with a FS road a few miles outside of Pitkin.

Side note, myself and a lot of other outdoor enthusiasts know those woods reasonably well because I spent a month there getting a Wilderness EMT. The Wilderness Medicine Institute used to call Pitkin home.

I got my EMT and a lot of pinstripes on my truck there back in the day. Great course, nice locale. Was wondering if they were still up there.

IIRC malnutrition was definitely a factor but McCandless had also poisoned himself with what he thought were wild potatoes that were alkaline? The River was an issue but in the end he was too weak to walk anyway.

[ötzi]

Wasn’t there a river crossing about a couple miles away (basket crossing?) that he didn’t know about because he didn’t have a map?

Pretty sure it was closer than that, like a mile or less.

[ironhippy]

Pretty sure it was closer than that, like a mile or less.

Yeah, the crossing was built for the trail, it just had to be down (or up) river a bit due to the topography.

[summit]

I'm gonna go with food poisoning

[supermodel159]

Depends on if they were vaxxed I reckon...

This.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I'm going with love triangle gone bad (don't they all?)

Lovers camp out instead of hitting a no-tell motel, jilted partner tracks them down and shoots them, then pulls the plug not far away.

[Jax]

My first thought was they od'd on something laced with fentanyl but maybe a bad dose of shrooms.

[riser4]

I'm not saying it was aliens...

[wannabe]

I’m going with aliens, it’s close enough to the San Luis Valley


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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

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[bodywhomper]

Malnutrition…. I wonder if they were a group of 4 at one point….

[bennymac]

This.

Yeah I was promised my immune system would shut down 3 months after vaccination - but I was hoping to also get that 5G service at the same time. Is Bill Gates finally turning it on here?

[Mofro261]

I'm gonna go with food poisoning

but I didn't even eat the Mousse.

[mud]

I use to work at Barr Camp on Pike's Peak back in the 90''s right when Into the Wild came out. The amount of people that wandered up above tree line during lightning storms, wanted to ski Bottomless Pit after a big snowfall, or just wanted to walked barefoot to the summit was an every day occurrence.

[ötzi]

but I didn't even eat the Mousse.

+50 points for the Python reference.

[summit]

but I didn't even eat the Mousse.

Monty Python. Love it.

[supermodel159]

Yeah I was promised my immune system would shut down 3 months after vaccination - but I was hoping to also get that 5G service at the same time. Is Bill Gates finally turning it on here?

I feel your pain. I was promised the vax would stop transmission!

[californiagrown]

I feel your pain. I was promised the vax would stop transmission!

It did for me. I haven't been able to receive a 5g signal ever since my booster.

[Danno]

but I didn't even eat the Mousse.

Well played