Comments on: Desperate Hours For Two Grafton Hikers http://eastwickpress.com/news/2009/10/desperate-hours-for-two-grafton-hikers/ Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:30:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: A bad night out @ http://eastwickpress.com/news/2009/10/desperate-hours-for-two-grafton-hikers/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 A bad night out @ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:30:10 +0000 http://eastwickpress.com/news/?p=6244#comment-3464 [...] Drury, a wilderness-skills instructor from Saranac Lake, posted a link on Facebook to a fascinating account of a man and his elderly mother who became benighted while descending Round Mountain in Keene [...] [...] Drury, a wilderness-skills instructor from Saranac Lake, posted a link on Facebook to a fascinating account of a man and his elderly mother who became benighted while descending Round Mountain in Keene [...]

]]> By: Learn what can happen if you go into the woods unprepared « http://eastwickpress.com/news/2009/10/desperate-hours-for-two-grafton-hikers/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 Learn what can happen if you go into the woods unprepared « Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:21:43 +0000 http://eastwickpress.com/news/?p=6244#comment-3461 [...] This is an excellent article! [...] [...] This is an excellent article! [...]

]]> By: nogods http://eastwickpress.com/news/2009/10/desperate-hours-for-two-grafton-hikers/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 nogods Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:01:24 +0000 http://eastwickpress.com/news/?p=6244#comment-3460 Thankfully they were not too embarrassed about the incident to allow publication of their misadventures. Hopefully it will help others avoid their mistakes. If they had just followed the first survival essential their exposure to possible tragedy would have been greatly reduced. You won't find the first survival essential on the so-called "ten essentials" list so don't bother looking there for it. The first survival essential is something you leave at home rather than take with you - it is information you leave with a trusted friend or relative about your plans. One who will call the proper authorities if you don't return as expected. Had the DEC been alerted about their failure to return as expected shortly after dark they probably would have been found before midnight. Thankfully they were not too embarrassed about the incident to allow publication of their misadventures. Hopefully it will help others avoid their mistakes.

If they had just followed the first survival essential their exposure to possible tragedy would have been greatly reduced. You won’t find the first survival essential on the so-called “ten essentials” list so don’t bother looking there for it.

The first survival essential is something you leave at home rather than take with you – it is information you leave with a trusted friend or relative about your plans. One who will call the proper authorities if you don’t return as expected. Had the DEC been alerted about their failure to return as expected shortly after dark they probably would have been found before midnight.

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