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Years ago I was camping out at Lake Powell and trying to find a remote bay that I found on the map. The map indicated that it was a dirt road, but didn't show that it required 4 wheel drive. I was going along when the road dipped down into a sand wash and completely disappeared. (it may have run up the wash but I couldn't see where it was supposed to be) About that same time the bottom dropped out and I was stuck. I lowered the tire pressure then spent the next hour digging and backing over firewood I stuffed under the tires. I had plenty of supplies so I was never in real danger, but I did learn a lesson about the dangers of driving in remote areas.
A couple of years later I had joined search and rescue. In the late fall the couple had gone out on a "joy ride" and never returned. In the spring someone reported spotting their car and we got the call. Ultimately we found the car, and their bodies a few miles further down the road. They had gotten a flat, ran the engine to stay warm, ran out of gas, got caught in a snow storm, and froze to death trying to walk out. They hadn't told anyone where they were going and they were over 150 miles from their home.
The outdoors is a lot of fun, but nature respects no man.
Joanne
A couple of years later I had joined search and rescue. In the late fall the couple had gone out on a "joy ride" and never returned. In the spring someone reported spotting their car and we got the call. Ultimately we found the car, and their bodies a few miles further down the road. They had gotten a flat, ran the engine to stay warm, ran out of gas, got caught in a snow storm, and froze to death trying to walk out. They hadn't told anyone where they were going and they were over 150 miles from their home.
The outdoors is a lot of fun, but nature respects no man.
Joanne
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