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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 19 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think he was stranded because of a flooded river though? From memory there was a reason he couldn't just walk out.

[–] mech@feddit.org 53 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

The reason was him refusing to bring a map, which would have shown a bridge over the river less than a mile away.
And not scouting out his environment either, or even trying a detour along the river, or improvising a raft....

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

i'm too lazy to look into, but did he actually starve starve to death or was there some medical complication? it takes a long time to starve to death

[–] mech@feddit.org 19 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

His emaciated decomposing body was found by hunters. Time of death couldn't be determined accurately.
The last 4 entries in his diary were just a date and a dash (-).
He had a bag of plant seeds with him that contained a toxin which causes paralysis.
His diary contained entries documenting his dwindling food reserves and unsuccessful hunting attempts.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I read that hypothetically consuming the plant (which resembled a nontoxic look alike) could have made it so he was too weak to scavenge what he needed to survive. He could have survived otherwise. He was certainly gambling with his life being out there alone, but I read the claims of him being totally unprepared were exaggerated.

[–] mech@feddit.org 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The dude who dropped him off at the trailhead was so concerned due to his lacking gear, he first tried to convince him to call it off multiple times, then offered to drive him all the way to Anchorage and buy better gear from his own wallet.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Goodness [rural] people can be angels

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

And I think also shared what food he had. Yeah, the kid was under prepared for sure, but apparently he had studied the food sources and terrain somewhat. He got unlucky. Not being prepared for unlucky is very very dumb. But most people I hear mad about this think he was zero prepared

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 12 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, that'll do it.