Lost:..... NAKED 11 days in "ALASKA"

Who is stronger Men or Women at survival.....??? O.K. MEN who is up for 11 days naked the the Alaska Wilderness. Not this Cowboy.

Survivalist worry about rabbit meat, the right firearm, the right hat, the right rubberized loincloth.

In June and July of 1999 a 30 year old women spent 11 days naked, with nothing, no loincloth, no survival knife, no survival food, nothing, all alone, lost (well, kind of) in Alaska.

So you think your bad, you think your tough....????

I am thinking a real "TOUGH MAN" Contest, to celebrate the 10'th year of this event.
It will be called "The Blue Tarp Amy" survival contest. Maybe "Fox TV can find a sponsor....

Um nope,nada,not gonna happen.:o

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Originally Posted by Hopeak

...the right rubberized loincloth.

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Too funny! I suppose it would depend on where in Alaska. The summer months aren't so bad. 11 days is a long time for me to go without TV, a Starbucks stop or my Oreos so I don't think I'd survive. Besides, NO ONE wants to see me naked!

Wonder what the circumstances were? She must be one tough nut regardless..

It must've been a photo shoot for a magazine

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Originally Posted by hopeak

In June and July of 1999 a 30 year old women spent 11 days naked, with nothing, no loincloth, no survival knife, no survival food, nothing, all alone, lost (well, kind of) in Alaska.

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What's the "well, kind of"? Seems to be essential information

O.K. No one has signed up yet, so we will make a concession, everybody gets to wear there loincloth. Nothing else.

Sorry, I forgot to say you start as she did, by crossing a ice cold river.

So men what would it take...? Are you going to let a women out do you.

If you use your loincloth the women win.

Did I point out that the Brown/Grizzly Bears will be naked.

Let me get this straight... there will be bare bears? unbearable. No, I'm out.

What? no turkey feathers????

Maybe someone good at computer stuff, internet stuff, can find the articles: Try, "Blue tarp Amy". or: Amy, Lawyer. or: Anchorage Daily news, July 5, 1999 "Lawyer tells survival tale". or try: Hope, Alaska Canyon Creek or Sixmile Creek.

I may go for that (with the loincloth) :)

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Originally Posted by Elkchsr

I may go for that (with the loincloth) :)

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Sorry....some times I can't help it.

Let me get this straight.....Elkchsr wants help with his loin cloth? I'm really out, now.

I found it but it's a pay to read on the Anchorage news paper. Here's the entice:

Amy Headrick waded across a roaring chest-high stream, chewed on leaves for moisture and, in an unsuccessful effort to draw attention to her plight, tossed mining equipment into a stream during an 11-day ordeal in dense hills outside Hope. Then -- naked, weak and covered with cuts -- she lay down on a gravel stream bank near a mining camp, wrapped herself tightly in a blue tarp and waited for help, Alaska State Troopers said. Clutching an empty coffee can found in the miners' stash.....

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Originally Posted by Rick

I found it but it's a pay to read on the Anchorage news paper. Here's the entice:

Amy Headrick waded across a roaring chest-high stream, chewed on leaves for moisture and, in an unsuccessful effort to draw attention to her plight, tossed mining equipment into a stream during an 11-day ordeal in dense hills outside Hope. Then -- naked, weak and covered with cuts -- she lay down on a gravel stream bank near a mining camp, wrapped herself tightly in a blue tarp and waited for help, Alaska State Troopers said. Clutching an empty coffee can found in the miners' stash.....

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I'll keep looking. Last year I found it some other place under: " Blue tarp Amy "

Of course, out there where you live the 1999 edition probably just arrived didn't it?:D

Naked out in the wilds of alaska sounds like fun to me. I do insist that my coffee can be made of metel. None of those plastic things.

I also want my to wear my glasses so I can see.

I am not proud, I have over come many a raving mad rarbit, when her was laughing himself silly~!

Don

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Originally Posted by Rick

Of course, out there where you live the 1999 edition probably just arrived didn't it?:D

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Arrived Last week...... there are many interesting aspects to this story, And yes it played out just five miles down the road. Not the least of which is that two years later 2001 (I think) another young women did the same thing in the same place.

ANOTHER ONE... Whats up with that ? naked women wandering in the wilds of alaska.
you must have that old mine up for sale HOPEAK !!!! perty slick

You guys are good at twisting things :eek:

:p

I would suggest moving five miles down that road. And put a door on that outhouse for cryin' out loud.

Two of them? Isn't anyone in Alaska noticing when these naked women go missing? Is anyone in Alaska needing a pretty good tracker?

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Originally Posted by trax

Two of them? Isn't anyone in Alaska noticing when these naked women go missing? Is anyone in Alaska needing a pretty good tracker?

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Dont think so trax:mad:

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Originally Posted by trax

Two of them? Isn't anyone in Alaska noticing when these naked women go missing? Is anyone in Alaska needing a pretty good tracker?

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You could follow their trail of clothes, right? Attn. all Alaskan outdoors SAR folks; TRAX is offering his services the next time any naked woman goes missing...:rolleyes::eek::cool:

Where did I volunteer in that post? Huh? Where?

Elkchsr, native_dude, beowulf, medicine wolf, FVR and WarEagle are all good trackers. I'm sure there are others here as well, don't mean to leave anyone out. Sheesh, a guy can't even sniff out an opportunity for his bro's without getting his azz in a sling, LMAOOO...

I sure wish we could get the story up: It would be a interesting case study. It would be even better to know the truth. The real truth. She is a lawyer, and was when this happened. She was on prescription medication for something. Which she left in the car.
She crossed and recrossed chest deep, Ice cold creeks and rivers. She was out there 11 days. Why she took her cloths off? As I recall she took them off because they where wet. The Question is why did they stay off.???? People rafting down the river, saw her, she waved to them, nude, from gravel bars. (If your wondering why they did not stop. It is a class 3 and class 5 Creek). Why she did not stay by the car, and wait for help??? Why did she not walk down the road towards help??? Why did she not run to the rafters.??? Or the State Troopers ....Why did she not stay in the miners cabin she entered, but was found under a blue tarp outside the cabin. Why, Why, Why.....Maybe she does not know why. So let's just leave all of that.

What I find of interest is: Us....Us....We have survival everything, 60# survival back Packs, 15# survival day hike packs. 8# Survival Fanny packs, Hip pocket survival packs. First Aid stuff, food, knives, gun, but mostly skills, and experience. She had "NOTHING". Naked, no food, 11 days, sleeping nude on the cold ground, just think of the heat loss. No skills, She did not try to be saved. And yet she lived.......Why.

Do I pack too much survival gear..??? I don't think so, But I have to wonder.

I think it is pointless for this thread to rave on and on about what she should have done.

I am more interested in the human bodys ability to do what hers did for 11 days. Did she spend 4,000 or 5,000 or 7,000 or more calories per day. How much can the human body endure.???

dumb luck maybe. i've always felt that if love is blind, fortune is dumb, deaf, blind and confused.

11 Days, more like divine intervention..

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Originally Posted by trax

Where did I volunteer in that post? Huh? Where?

Elkchsr, native_dude, beowulf, medicine wolf, FVR and WarEagle are all good trackers. I'm sure there are others here as well, don't mean to leave anyone out. Sheesh, a guy can't even sniff out an opportunity for his bro's without getting his azz in a sling, LMAOOO...

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You didn't clarify whose services you were offering in the other post,Trax:p:D,my bad for assuming.....

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Originally Posted by hopeak

"Who is stronger Men or Women at survival.....???"

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Of the untrained, novice ranks, and in my experience, women handle a survival situation better than their male counterparts. . .for the most part.

Women more readily accept when they are lost and remain calmer in the face of a survival/disaster situation and don't have the "I'm not lost" syndrome. They keep their wits about them, accept being lost and start making preparations to sustain and/or survive!

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Originally Posted by Nativedude

Of the untrained, novice ranks, and in my experience, women handle a survival situation better than their male counterparts. . .for the most part.

Women more readily accept when they are lost and remain calmer in the face of a survival/disaster situation and don't have the "I'm not lost" syndrome. They keep their wits about them, accept being lost and start making preparations to sustain and/or survive!

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That would be my take also. I notice we have no contestants, and I ordered some XXXL Goat-tex loin cloths.

As a Bush Pilot it was always interesting the way men reacted to being dropped on a ridge, or gravel bar, for a hunt. They would say, If you don't come back, which way is out..?? I would say, "If I don't come back your not going to get out, that is why you "tip" the pilot. We would laugh, and he would say, "but what if you crash". My response, "I have a lot of experience in that area".

U.P.S. just delivered the rubberizes and or goat-tex loincloths. This is your chance to test your skills, and (sorry I was going to say equipment, but none allowed). Fox T.V. needs you for the fall primer of: "ARE YOU AS GOOD AS A WOMEN...???"

Still being in school I have a different view on this:

Chances are the girls [in my school] would run out of make-up after a couple of hours, and then afterwards if a rescue plane came for them they would hide from it because they would think they are too ugly and it would b embarrassing to be caught looking like that. They would prob starve after 1 day, on account of they barely eat as it is, so they would enter the situation extremely hungry.

The guys on the other hand would end up starting a forest fire ["hey, I didn't remember I had some fireworks in my pocket..... I wonder if they still work...."], making it easy for planes to find them. Ah, the joys of fireworks and roman candles :)

I am the amy who was lost near Hope Alaska from June 14 until June 26, 1999. Yes, I was found naked. Yes I crossed ice cold rivers. Yes i was found under and on top of blue tarps. the tarps sucked. they got frayed and caught between my cut up toes. Felt like knives.

Amy - glad you survived the ordeal, but we hadn't talked about it in over a year. We probably will now since it has been brought to the forefront. I'd love to hear more if you wouldn't mind sharing.

Welcome to the forum. Why not venture over to our Introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself?

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...splay.php?f=14

Based on your IP, I assume you no longer live in Alaska.

Since you posted, care to share the circumstances? It might be educational to others who find themselves in similar circumstances. According to the newspaper article, you were out there for several days. An admirable feet of survival for anyone.

Sorry, I was typing when Crash posted.

Welcome to the Forum......From the banks of the lovely Sixmile Creek/Canyon Creek river system. You are one of my hero's. Welcome to the forum. I helped look for you when you were lost.

i was searching for something for my mom, and this post was the first thing that came up on google. didn't see a year ago.

I'd be happy to share more. what did you all want to know? Oh, and no, i no longer live in alaska. New mexico now. No wilderness adventures thus far here.

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Originally Posted by amy headrick

i was searching for something for my mom, and this post was the first thing that came up on google. didn't see a year ago.

I'd be happy to share more. what did you all want to know? Oh, and no, i no longer live in alaska. New mexico now. No wilderness adventures thus far here.

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For me, I'd just like to hear what you did to stay alive and get rescued. We sometimes get caught up in you've got to have this or that gear to survive. Sounds as though you didn't have much more than your wits with you. Others maybe able to "avoid" getting caught in a similar situation with your story.