This guy is honestly an idiot. Headed out into the backcountry without even a shirt on. No food, no water, no cell phone. I’m surprised he was smart enough to take a knife. He said “on the 5th day he realized he was lost”. Buddy you’d been lost for 4 days and 21 hours at that point, given that it was supposed to be a 3 hour hike. And from the sounds of it he didn’t even learn his lesson.
I low key wondered if he was on a fungi hike or something similar at first, because I couldn't understand how he went a few days before realizing he was lost. Thats some serious Gilligan's island energy.
Dude you just gave me the most visceral flashback to seeing Castaway as a child and BAWLING when he lost Wilson. I had totally forgotten how deeply it affected me but I remember now thinking about it for days lol.
I don’t think he was planning to come back at all. He was so out of touch with his own family they didn’t realize he was gone till he didn’t show up for a Father’s Day dinner seven days after he went on the hike.
Unclear if 'family' means wife and kids, or mom / dad / siblings. Based on Father's Day being the reason they realized he was missing, I'm guessing the latter.
If he was a 34 yo single dude on his own, it would be totally normal to go a week without having talked to his parents or siblings. The type of guy who goes on multiple-day backpacking trips regularly probably isn't a 'wife and kids' type of guy.
Can confirm last I talked to my folks has been a couple weeks outside of an occasional text. We are on good terms, I’m just antisocial except my relationship with my wife. Going to surprise my dad in a month or two when I’ve completed my PPL and pick him up to take him on a flight.
Pedantic correction: you probably mean “asocial” instead of “antisocial”. Asocial is where you just don’t like to socialize. Antisocial is where you take measures to act against society.
An asocial person doesn’t want to go to a party. An antisocial person may want to shoot up a party.
So technically both, at least in person. I don’t have a fear of talking to people online, but actively avoid social activities/gatherings where I have to make small talk. Basically I’m Ron Swanson most of the time.
7 days isn’t that long? If they live even 2 hours away it’s not a big deal to go a week without talking. I’ve got a good relationship with my family and we usually call every 2 weeks or so
My perspective being if it was his family that went seven days not knowing, where were his friends or buddies? This guy didn’t have anyone worried about him for seven days, just glad Father’s Day rolled around to pique his family’s interest in his whereabouts.
My brother's best friend did this last winter. They had many search parties and eventually found his frozen body with a drone camera. He struggled with BPD and was an avid outdoorsman/climber.
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u/Blueguerilla 5d ago
This guy is honestly an idiot. Headed out into the backcountry without even a shirt on. No food, no water, no cell phone. I’m surprised he was smart enough to take a knife. He said “on the 5th day he realized he was lost”. Buddy you’d been lost for 4 days and 21 hours at that point, given that it was supposed to be a 3 hour hike. And from the sounds of it he didn’t even learn his lesson.