Easy to criticize this fellow but lets sit a while with the fact that he kept his cool, kept moving, and stayed alive. There were many many days before inreach and satellite communication - the risk management kit we all take into the wilderness with us is between our ears. This guy used his. I say “Strong Work”.
Ya, my group was one of the groups that actually found the brother. This man had no business doing that section of the river especially alone. Glad he is ok though.
Due to student loans I lived in my car for 14 years. You get used to sleeping without heat. Glad to hear he made it. I have had to shelter in place during storms in an S house and it stinks too bad to sleep, but staying dry keeps you alive.
I like being alone in the wilderness. You gotta be ready to get hardcore tho if need be. Kudos to this guy, he hasn’t let anything stop him. Including his brother.
Bad mistakes, never go alone, always carry an emergency GPS device. I never go into the wilderness without my Garmin mini, period….he’s really lucky to be alive.
Also, never boat on a river with recent debris flows and new log jams. This was well known. The storms that produced these geological features happened last August. The river system is very dynamic now after all the fires, and then intense thunderstorms. Pay heed to mother nature.
Good to hear he made it out safely. This why you need to have a knife and survival items on your PFD. This not the first time boaters have gotten separated from their gear.
Early season rafting on the snow melt filled Middle Fork of the Salmon alone? Sounds like someone needs to consider choosing a new hobby. What's kind of amazing to consider is around 100 years ago people used to traverse down Marsh Creek and the Middle Fork all the way to the confluence with the main Salmon in wooden boats.
I was never in a hurry to go in the water in small boats in the spring. Its ice cold and will kill you. Wait till the water warms up and stay alive....
