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madokie

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4. If I remember correctly the best thing you can do if stranded or lost is stay with the auto if you

Reply to patricia92243 (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 10:03 AM

Mar 2012

were in one. Walking takes a lot of energy and if you don't have food and water you die pretty quickly plus a car offers some protection from the elements

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Hiker missing for almost month found in New Mexico-Alive! [View all] Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 OP

That's a miracle if I've ever heard of one~! MADem Mar 2012 #1

It didn't say she was injured - she could go to the creek for water. I wonder why she didn't walk patricia92243 Mar 2012 #2

Puzzled the heck out of me to. Weird.... n/t PavePusher Mar 2012 #3

If I remember correctly the best thing you can do if stranded or lost is stay with the auto if you madokie Mar 2012 #4

Yep, you're correct nobodyspecial Mar 2012 #7

I went though hell and won and graduated from the Navy's SERE school madokie Mar 2012 #8

Absolutely correct laundry_queen Mar 2012 #9

hug a tree.. frylock Mar 2012 #10

Or walk around and find something to eat LOL snooper2 Mar 2012 #14

I've camped in the Gila Wilderness several times. panader0 Mar 2012 #5

Who takes a cat hiking? Weird. Glad they're ok. n/t MerryBlooms Mar 2012 #6

i ran into a woman hiking in the sierra who had 2 alpacas and a macaw.. frylock Mar 2012 #11

I have a friend abolugi Mar 2012 #15

I think I need new glasses. hifiguy Mar 2012 #12

wow. yeah, why did the authorities wait weeks to check on her car? Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #13