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The mountain man
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There was a man near cougar Washington that did the same thing when Roosevelt was elected cuz he didn't like how the country went socialist. He was pretty old when he decided to do it too. He seamed to have had a good life.
As far as wanting people to go with you. You might get more willing people if you posted a picture of yourself in a bikini...
I tried that for a couple weeks eating MREs. I could not wait to get into Bend and eat a giant Burger, Fries and Shake.
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After a couple weeks eating MRE's my guts were screaming for mercy... Just eat salad for a week... Anything but more MRE's
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Watch the show "Alone".
10 "expert" outdoorsmen on Vancouver Island in the fall. One goes home after the first night, crying.
10 "expert" outdoorsmen on Vancouver Island in the fall. One goes home after the first night, crying.
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People most often die of hypothermia in temperatures well above freezing.. and where it's wet.
This..
I remember a Survivorman where Les was up in the arctic and he had to make sure he didn't sweat. Said he began to sweat, he was dead.
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Speaking of Les, he's the only reason I kinda believe in bigfoot.. he's had some firsthand experiences, some of them filmed, that are pretty darn compelling. pretty spooky
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I've spent a few nights out in the wilderness, and I have been prepared for it! Took me two days and nights tracking a 6x6 bull that was wounded, way up in the Eagle Caps. I knew where I was and where the roads were...But I was down inside a 6000' canyon tracking from one draw to the next.. Both nights no fire...and it was well below freezing. But I was prepared for it.
It takes a certain mindset to be able to stay out like that. Allot of experienced hunters wouldn't do it. They just head back to camp at dark.
It takes a certain mindset to be able to stay out like that. Allot of experienced hunters wouldn't do it. They just head back to camp at dark.
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You mean follow the elk with a car right?
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You mean follow the elk with a car right?
I was wishing I was in the nice warm truck! But nope...It was 18 miles away sitting in camp.
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As I see it the problem with the people in "Alone" is that they are not prepared/equipped for the weather and location. The first guy that quit should have stayed home.
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Spent 36 hours on an MLB on a SAR mission, in a wetsuit (back then the USCG didn't have drysuits) in a storm - about 50* F.
Everybody on the boat was suffering from exposure and being seasick. Coxswain was vomiting blood and was in the hospital for a week when we got back. My eyes were almost crusted shut from sea salt and I slept for two days straight when I hit my bunk. We were all also suffering from sleep deprivation and had to watch each other to make sure no one walked off the boat into the ocean. I remember seeing white horses on the ocean surface.
That was when I was in my mid 20s. Now I am 61 and I wouldn't last but a couple of hours in that situation - if that.
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I hear you. Back in the day I pretty much saw things without all that falderal after like 40hrs.
I've hunted/slept outside in like, I don't know.. -50+F w no wind chill. Darn cold! However, anything less than freezing, there's no wetness (unless you make it).. it's dry. Being wet transfers cold 10-100x? (I don't know but it's really something) and what do we have in these wetlulnds?. constant cold wetlunds/not much below freezing but darn wet.
Go wool.
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You know that was a joke right?
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Where's my cheese-wiz, boy? lol
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Well every year there seem to be allot more road hunters, with empty meat poles! And I have learned my lesson and not chase the elk uphill to them!
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Exposure MUST be considered as a life and death situation. 
In my younger days I would always carry a disposable lighter,magnesium stick,and wind proof -water proof matches. I also had some fire sticks and a tiny portable folding burner stove. I put all of this in a tin and put it in 3 zip lock bags, it never got wet. I would always have a change of dry clothes in my truck and if I was hiking in a ways it was in my pack. I fell in the creek once in the middle of Winter 
and those dry clothes felt so good after that. Looking back I should have at least had a wire saw, a small tarp or a piece of visquine plastic, emergency blanket and some 550 cord. 
Like they say , ''Better to have it...'' 
In my younger days I would always carry a disposable lighter,magnesium stick,and wind proof -water proof matches. I also had some fire sticks and a tiny portable folding burner stove. I put all of this in a tin and put it in 3 zip lock bags, it never got wet. I would always have a change of dry clothes in my truck and if I was hiking in a ways it was in my pack. I fell in the creek once in the middle of Winter and those dry clothes felt so good after that. Looking back I should have at least had a wire saw, a small tarp or a piece of visquine plastic, emergency blanket and some 550 cord. Like they say , ''Better to have it...'' 
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I think about this all the time, and I'm only in my 30's. I've spent months living out of a back pack and lean-to and loved it. It's not for everyone, but I sure think about it often. My old man knew Sylvan Hart and use to visit him frequently. I look at all his old photos and hear the stories my dad has of Sylvan and his exploits as a mountain man, and it makes me want to do it even more.
My only problem... I love women too much...
My only problem... I love women too much...
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