Her "Vanlife Dream" turned into a LIVING (and deadly) NIGHTMARE... 

Kyle, there is google. Type in the word and then type "pronunciation". Do this with your english words. I've seen many threads where long time viewers have had it with "and I hope I pronounce this right" Kyle. You have lost so many subs because of your...well, laziness; when it comes to you & your inability to do that most simple thing. These are LONG TIME VIEWERS! I mean, I'm kind of surprised you pronunce "Mt. Everest" right. Lol. These are simple words, Kyle. Like names, you can figure them out, Kyle. Some older ladies may think it's cute. I assure you that the more people watch, like from the beginning, it gets really annoying and I don't know why you won't do the extra work. I didn't mind but I have been getting really annoyed when you CONSISTENTLY pronounce words wrong and think it's appropriate to never even try to excel your channel vs making many long time viewers upset to the point that they leave because you seem to think it's okay to do the least and get by. Instead, it's "I hope that I'm saying this right" Kyle. For YEARS, every single video! Google: "The Word" and then "PRONUNCIATION" This should help a lot, Kyle. It really should help with subs. Don't rely on "long time viewers" who "know that you can't (won't) pronunce words right". smh! It's people who don't expect much from you as you don't expect much from yourself, who defend this! Channel's that put in the effort don't lose long time subs. They also don't have many mom's & those who "aren't bothered" defending them in the comments for "a school for kids who can't read good...and other stuff" - Zoolander Lol. I'd love to see you try a bit harder. I'd love to see you reach your goal. Dan's a rockstar. There's no end to what love can accomplish. Donating now.

@@kkittycatkat1990 It takes a lot of time to make these vids. He has to do research, do edits, etc... So he can't pronounce some words. I'm glad to have someone who covers this type of mystery. I don't care if he doesn't know how to pronounce some things. He tries, apologizes to the fact that he might get it wrong, and presents a great story anyway.

@@kkittycatkat1990lol…wow. To read the pinned comment and then to see the first reply. What a juxtaposition. (Do you know that word, Kitty…Google if you don’t.) Now I guess I understand why content creators constantly apologize when trying to pronounce something…because of viewers that get soooooo b**t-hurt over a mispronounced name. No, actually, I don’t understand it…cause, holy moly, who cares? The apologizing is more annoying than the mispronunciation…but that’s just me. I won’t go on a tirade about it, though…cause, life. I have one.

So now I'm going to have to go find out where she fell from?

​@@kkittycatkat1990Before criticizing Kyle, you should work on your sentence structure and punctuation.

Good guy searching that long and will probably search for answers for the rest of his life. All I could think is a bear or wolves

You received all that from this vid(s), and possibly other internet searches? No wonder our species is so messed up.

Beautifully said. I agree that it can be incredibly easy to become lost or incapacitated and quite difficult to be found. Many times there is a mass of incredulous reactions; that it's just not possible to become lost on certain trails, or not possible to miss someone in a search. But forests are so dense, massive, and confusing. Like you, I'm more surprised when people are found.

Such a lovely response, it made me cry.

The main take away for me (not diminishing or taking away from Dan being a wonderful human being) is the fact that she was a skilled hiker and that this skilled hiker, hiking alone, had an accident. It stresses for me the importance of NOT hiking alone, to always have at least one person with you. I pray for family and friends to at least find comfort in that she enjoyed her life doing what she loved most. May she rest in peace. 🙏

Absolutely ❤

​@@LilyAmongThornsAmen 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

Right! So sad!

Such a touching and emotional story

I cannot even fathom finding the woman I love in that condition

Spoiler

@@cpmow831 that's exactly what crossed my mind too. I would be destroyed..

But you got quickly found. What happened to this girl? And why was her skull so far from the rest of her body? Obviously migrants.

Mother Nature is a force to be reckoned with.

I too am highly skilled and hike routinely alone. Many lose calls have kept me closer to home as well as advancing years. ( I’m 72 now). Only my son has the same wanderlust needs as myself. He’s the person one who is “ fun” for me to hike with…so I usually go alone. Only a kindred spirit understands this love for solo hiking. Most people think it sounds awful. I think people have a hard time with being alone…

So sorry, same here. Broke my wrist right in half trying to stop a fall.

@@pod8234 I can hike with people...or hike alone. I'm older now and slower, which is very frustrating.

I didnt realize that Europe had the same filthy scummy journalists as they have in the US. They also make Hollywood and the recording industry as skeevy and rotten as everything else they touch. Tiny hats...

Sounds about right, they do it with everything 😢.

Not to make light but humans are so arrogant to assume the real reason for her passing wasn't very possible. Animals experienced in nature (including human animals) die from accidents in the infinite unknown all the time.

He should sue these morons at the media to oblivion.

@@suz1665 It's as bad as the woman who went missing in Wa state and her husband was frantically trying to get the authorities to call out the troops to look for her. Her boss called the cops and told them she suspected the husband in her disappearance, meanwhile the poor woman who'd actually accidentally careened off the road in her car, lay trapped for 7 days in the bottom of a ravine before rescuers found her alive. If she hadn't been found or wasn't alive I'm sure her husband would have been suspected in her disappearance/death for the rest of his life, no thanks to the woman's crappy boss who had the gall to accuse the husband for NO REASON! The couple were devoted to each other.

So much love shown for his partner. In a way I am glad he was the one that found her but at the same time that is so heartbreaking too

Nah it’s weird that they were supposed to get married and she dies

one thing positive, is that her gear wasn't set up like a shelter. so, she prob die pretty soon to when she fell. she didn't starve or freeze to death along with being gravely injured. Let's u know that even the most experience, prepared person can die in nature. Novice beware. I hope he can find comfort knowing HE brought her home.

​@@weekendnomad5038 people die, mistakes happen

​@@lighthouselaura4324KEN'S QUEEN HOUSEWIFE 'ENDAY'... 😮😮😮

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. ❤

I'm so sorry.

Extremely sad misfortune. A lesson to everyone. We must be careful in dangerous situations because all it takes is a misstep. Thanks for sharing.

I'm so sorry for your loss!

Omg sorry for your loss! Thats so sad! 💔

Media is biased. Just look at what they have done to Trump

"The media" people complain about, is just reporters and editors, struggling for eyeballs, just like every Vlogger on YT. Just look at the title of this video that you clicked on here, "Living and deadly nightmare". Are vloggers also media, using salacious, hyperbolic, sensational titles to grab your attention? Do we see gratuitous graphic and even morbid titles and thumbnails, yes almost every time. When we stop looking at train wrecks and police chases, maybe "the media" will change their approach also. Don't hold your breath that humans will change that negativity bias anytime soon given how it took over 100,000 years of evolution to build that in... if it bleeds it leads, is the old news business slogan, for a good reason, it sells.

@@dirtrider9268 I’ve been in media for 25 years, and I have never sensationalized anything. Even within the media, there are myriad personalities and sensibilities.

Sensationalized too late. Perhaps if it had been blasted right when it was reported, she could have been found? 😊❤

@@sharonletts88 okay. This is not personal. Your's is not the only comment like this. But please explain who is ''the media", we should be concerned about here? Is it your peers , or who specifically? I've heard a prominent con man call the Media "the enemy of the people!", while telling over 30,000 falsehoods in 4 years time. Kyle here made claims about media without any proof also, and these Comments sound a little like the same blame game. Big and small media business does this for business. I believe we should be rightfully concerned about intentional false story telling like the example proven in court under oath how one media giant Fox News, with Rupert, Sean, Tucker and Laura internal emails proving they believed the opposite of what they told viewers on their broadcasts about the Election results, secure voting machines, etc. Alex Jones is another. Why throw "media" under the bus when you yourself know precisely why speculation occurs or how early info is often wrong or how history/odds show that someone the victim knew, is often involved and the reason police look closely there. Give us your insight on why "the media" is _______. I believe rigorous honest media is the fourth pillar in the foundation of this great country of the US and without sunshine (the media), truth and justice dies. And let's put blame where it deserves, Fox News, Alex Jones, 45, etc. Cherish free media and the institutions like Courts who can keep them honest. Thanks for bringing this up and thank you for your honest work.

IS an all-round legend

Not really...just stay indoors and stop committing suicide adventure

Cute pfp❤😊

So true. There was a story a couple of years ago about a backpacker from Germany on the Pacific Crest trail who was killed by a falling tree.

Or slipping in a pebble or bit of mud or loose rock.

I hope he writes a book on it. (As he's an author)

Maybe he knew where she was?..

I love to hike solo. Its the most freeing feeling. It gives my mind so much peace. I don't want to walk with someone rabbiting on the whole way 😂. I love the solace and nature

I love hiking solo

With my dog only

Sometimes it boils down to no one wanting to do the hike you want to do when you want to do it. And sometimes it boils down to just wanting solitude. And I always carry a PLB, but with the knowledge that if I suffer a bad fall or a heart attack, it may not do any good. On a well-traveled trail that I've done before, I consider it low risk. But not no risk. I could also die in a car accident tomorrow, with the only practical difference being that no one would write newspaper headlines about that.

I'm not a hiker, it is a bit risky, but the Solitude sounds amazing, suppose those who love it know there are risks, a bit sad for their loved ones though

Experience only lessens the chances of things going wrong, it doesnt completely negate it. Experince can help too but its still no garuantee of ya coming through it alive.

@@indianastones6032 Sometimes it increases it btw, more experienced people tend to take more risks as well.

Obama??

@@Ellesdy1 Successful, two-term, president who handed over a stable country with a steadily growing economy.

How could she have fallen? If it's open terrain, that seems unlikely. I've been on probably 500 hikes and never came close to falling.

I appreciate you saying this. Telling these stories with compassion is always my number one priority, and it feels good to get some reassurance that I suceeded in this.

@@KyleHatesHikingabsolutely.

@@KyleHatesHiking media bullying victims is far to common, don't think it's new at all, if anything being wiser is the new thing

the story doesnt fit..someone found her head then the BF walked around for 700miles to find the rest of her,,urs is the only comment that questions this tragedy

It sounds beautiful! Enjoy and be safe

🗿

Scary.

Just don't post your real exact area/ location online.

Take care, stay safe

I am so sorry for your loss. In your pain and sorrow please remember this life is only temporary. We still have eternity. I am praying for peace, comfort and joy to find its way to you again. ❤🙏🏻

Thanks for sharing that. Did they also determine why the extensive search didn’t find her? Where did Dan find her, and why did no one else look there earlier?

@@tedjohnson64 As far as I can see from other comments here, they did search that area at the time but there was a lot of snow, so her body was likely covered over.

Kinda wondering why a very experienced hiker would have well worn hiking shoes. Isn't having proper footwear in good condition a primary requirement for long distance hikers?

My question is : her bodyparts were found in different locations??

​@@tnit7554YES! That's the ONE thing about this story that leaves me baffled as to why no theory has been offered how the heck a part of her skull was found in an entirely different location! I have to assume this is down to flways in the teling of thime story, and nothing else. It would be the first thing authorities would crack down on if that was the case.

I wondered why the searchers didn’t find her first but didn’t know that they didn’t get to that area before the snow

I don't get why people always say, "They died doing something they loved". I'd rather die if I was miserable. Who wants to die when they are enjoying themselves?

@@jenlarge9036 It's comforting to think that a person was in a happy place in their life when they died. Knowing someone I love chose to go out and hike and loved that lifestyle until they ended up dying while doing exactly that would be much more comforting to hear to me than them being randomly hit by a drunk driver while on their way to the job they hated. Obviously the outcome (losing a loved one) is the same and both is equally tragic. But still, the first one is just so much more comforting to hear. At least it would be for most people. The things we say about death are never about the person who died, they are for the living. The dead are dead, they don't give a shit. It's those who remain that care and need every comfort they can get.

If you die from doing what you love, you chose the wrong hobby.

​@pm2886 Like what for instance❓️You can literally drop dead doing anything‼️

This is why, despite how experienced a person maybe, they shouldn't do this kind of thing by themselves - especially a woman. NEVER make yourself a potential victim. An unscrupulous man will be more inclined to attack a lone female hiker or traveller than he would a man.

Exactly. I'm not an experienced hiker but watching channels like this shows, time and time again, even the best ones are one accident, one stroke of bad luck, away from the reaper. Or being disabled to the point that all their experience and knowledge is undercut, and reasonably so. Not their fault, just the nature of that life. Edit: Corrected typo. I'm neither an experienced biker nor hiker. 😅

Footing on snow always risky.​@latetotheparty7551

@@robertknowles2699 Great point.

So true. Look at all the famous experienced climbers lost on Everest. No-one can fight nature forever.

I’m not sure how finding her bones would give her peace. Would you please explain?

Humanity can't surprise me anymore. 😊❤

Journos are sickos.

Scott Peterson did it.

You can now get reasonably priced handheld GPS devices that not only help you navigate but can geolocate you and allow you to send messages via the Iridium satellite system. Anyone going solo hiking in places like this should really carry one.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. That's exactly what the comment section is for. It's human to want to express yourself and feelings, especially when it involves tragedy. Just because they are a RU-vidr doesn't mean they're not entitled to their opinions. Censorship is disgusting

I think the smartphone contact provided a false sense of security; she did not feel alone so was less careful and was wearing those worn out boots!

Whatever the size of your current salary, it should be tripled at least.

My grandpa got this a few years ago!! It was honestly kind of scary (he had it for a while before saying anything bc ya know he’s oblivious). His nurses were so kind and helpful. We always said thank you for what they did. And thank you!!

We have antibiotics and we have healthy bacteria that already live where the bad bacteria would try to live. In firmer times, one could get a scratch and die from infection and that was not a rare rare event. We with modern medicine have made that very uncommon. We also have motorized ambulances and intensive care units and people survive the first 18 hours and 10 days when in firmer times they didn't. But a few miles outside some USA cities, you step back in time and you do not have the modern advantages.

So many instances these days where people should be ashamed, and they never will be. Not a one of them. 😊❤

This is not 'journalism' as Kyle calls it, but it are the infamous British tabloids.

How can it be very common but you've only seen two cases? C. Diff is common I suppose, but not the disease process you describe. Plus, would hyperbaric chamber help?

@@TeddyRumble Firstly, you didn't understand properly what I wrote. Genus Clostridium is very common and very pathogenic to people and animals. To this Genus belong so dangerous bacteria like Cl. botulinum and Cl. tetani, not to mention others, less known. Cl. difficile is well described, even on Wikipedia, so it's enough to open it and read it, instead of writing comments without basic medical knowledge. Secondly, in my almost 50 years of medical practice I saw two cases like this, one of them died, so death rate, in my calculations, would be 50%. Thirdly - these cases I experienced myself, were deteriorating like fire. Both of them involved one leg. On first examination they had swelling and pain up to the knee, but after cutting open the skin of the lower leg the infection was going even up to the groin. Thirdly - hyperbaric oxygen helps only if circulation is intact, but in infectious swelling of the subcutaneous tissue oxygen will never get there. Besides - there would be no time for such therapy - even if hyperbaric chamber was at hand. One should also remember that hyperbaric oxygen is toxic on the long run, but this is still another story concerning pathology of the ventilation. Hope, this will clarify the matter.

@@TeddyRumble I wrote a long explanation to your comment and it instantly disappeared. So I am not going to write again

Well this explanation isn't actually what was stated as Dan's version of the illness so I think you've gone off on a tangent .

Carry the 10 essentials. Matches, reflective mirror, and a survival whistle. And good shoes.

...sounds horrific...

More reason to keep up immunity strength.

That’s just a bunch more words he can’t pronounce 😂

@@a.mie.533 it is, your tissues are dying and basically decomposing and you are conscious through that

No one’s reading that wall of text dude

As they say, don't let truth get in the way of a good story.

Dude. Do a fkn a spoiler alert... Your comment is on top and you ruined it.

So true

Pretty much. But not everybody.

Actually, some are.

My life is.

Gotta outlive him.

If he does, I know he will do a great job of it.

@@bbj58 he's so respectful but I don't want to perish nooooo

I hope he does mine, but unlikely. I walk 1 -2 hours a day and in very pedestrian, safe woodland. Unless my hubby decides to off me, then thangs could get interesting!❤

I pray times get better for you and your doggy. Maybe tap into the “doo gooder” network of folk who genuinely want to help improve lives for people in your situation? Asking for help is human and getting help is humane. A lot of folks are one paycheck away from this situation. Start at the local council offices, or even the hairdressers / corner shop, usually know where to go? ❤

*roommates?

@@Mark-ro3gx that is one positive of a van life. Don't have to tingle with any stinking roommates. I've had drug addict roommates crazy roommates alcoholic roommates loud roommates psycho roommates. I was married to my wife for 10 years and she had her own eccentricities. No. NO ROOMMATES

Ummm actually they were getting tired of each other and decided to spend some time apart. Hence, this happened while she was alone. Sounds like everyone else's normal relationship. So not quite this fairytale that you dreamed up.