the human body can survive roughly 30 days of starvation. if they were going camping in the winter shouldnt they have brought along good sleeping bags, maybe a thermal tent along with lighters, food, water etc?they werent going to die of thirst, not when they were surrounded by snow.
im not sure if they were going camping but what else would they be doing so far from home, in the mountains no less? if they WERE going camping in the winter they should have brought along a multitude of things such as food, thermal sleeping bags, thermal tents, thermal clothes and potable water AND the supplies carried in the trunk at all times, such as flares, a blanket, water, more food, a knife, and a tire sealing kit. with the careful rationing of food they could have made it stretch it a week or more. with the road flares he could have made a signal fire. hell, you should have a thermal tent in your trunk even if your not going camping, its something called being prepared.
this is all just common sense, you should always be prepared for the worst, especially when going into a high risk area.
if he was prepared he could have set up his tent a safe distance from his car, got everything out of it and then blown it up. the search team would most likely have been there a lot sooner.
the point is, the guy wasnt prepared. instead he was stupid, he wasnt stupid for "trying" to save his family, hes stupid because if he was prepared he wouldnt have had to do what he did.
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