I lived in Portland OR when that happened and I remember that being a sad, sad story. Especially the part where Mr. Kim struck out on his own in a desperate act to save his family.
That tragedy is a good example of an (urban) intelligent person that was not familiar with their (rural) environment which can lead to a life-threatening situation. People who venture out of the city and into the outdoors with any kind of frequency usually have a pretty good sense of when they "took a wrong turn" onto some forest road that is quickly going nowhere.
If you're gaining elevation on a gravel road, in the middle of the forest during the middle of winter,and it's snowing, you turn around. Even in summer, if you're on a forest service road that is going up - you're usually not going to come down unless you turn around. I guess the Kims just lacked any experience in that kind of environment and the result was catastrophic.
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I lived in Portland OR when that happened and I remember that being a sad, sad story. Especially the part where Mr. Kim struck out on his own in a desperate act to save his family. That tragedy is a good example of an (urban) intelligent person that was not familiar with their (rural) environment which can lead to a life-threatening situation. People who venture out of the city and into the outdoors with any kind of frequency usually have a pretty good sense of when they "took a wrong turn" onto some forest road that is quickly going nowhere. If you're gaining elevation on a gravel road, in the middle of the forest during the middle of winter,and it's snowing, you turn around. Even in summer, if you're on a forest service road that is going up - you're usually not going to come down unless you turn around. I guess the Kims just lacked any experience in that kind of environment and the result was catastrophic.