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

[Rick]

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

[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?

[nell67]

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

Dont think so trax

[Sarge47]

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

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...

[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...

[Sourdough]

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.???

[canid]

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

[tracks]

11 Days, more like divine intervention..

[nell67]

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...

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

[Nativedude]

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

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!

[Sourdough]

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!

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".

[Sourdough]

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...???"

[Assassin Pilot]

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

[amy headrick]

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.

[crashdive123]

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.

[Rick]

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.

[Rick]

Sorry, I was typing when Crash posted.

[Sourdough]

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.

[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.

[crashdive123]

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.

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.