The perils of photography...

Ouch!

http://feeds.canada.co​m …~3/YugMPyZ_dIs/​story.html

Yeah, ouch indeed. All's well that ends "well". I guess the most valuable lesson here is let someone know where you will be.

He's lucky. It could have turned out very badly. You should definitely let someone know when your in 'the wild'.

Many people think they have to be "WAY OFF the beaten track" to be out in the wild. A few metres away from the nearest trail/road and people will easily miss you.

It amazes me that people go out into these places

a. without telling people where they're going

b. not having a cellphone or something

c. alone

mikekelley wrote in post #9081685
It amazes me that people go out into these places

a. without telling people where they're going

b. not having a cellphone or something

c. alone

My thoughts exactly.

But... How'd the photographs turn out?

Seriously, glad he's OK.

Why? I do it all the time. Why live life scared?

I do try and bring a cell phone with me, but it's not something you can completely count your life on.

Telling someone is good, but what if you have no idea where you're going? Or, like I do, I start in one general direction, but then end up 20 miles from where I thought I was going to go.

I don't have anyone else who'd want to go where I go, it's boring to most people. I also don't think I'd want people around anyways, I like the time alone, it's therapeutic for me.

My wife often wakes up to find me gone, with a note in the middle of the night. However, again... that note could say I'm going east to such and such, but when I get there or on the way there, something else catches my eye, and off-course I stray. She accepts this and so do I.

If something happens, it happens. You can get hit by a bus 12 feet from your front door, you never know. I'd rather be out living life than always be panicked about preserving it.

Living life smart != living life scared.

Believe me i do my fair share of going into the backcountry and off the beaten path. Especially in winter. the outdoors can get ugly fast.

It's not hard to just tell someone where you'll be and bring a cellphone. That way if you go missing, people have at least an idea of where you might be.

It's all about at least ATTEMPTING to minimize the risk. This guy did nothing.

Todd Lambert wrote in post #9082252
Why? I do it all the time. Why live life scared?

I do try and bring a cell phone with me, but it's not something you can completely count your life on.

Telling someone is good, but what if you have no idea where you're going? Or, like I do, I start in one general direction, but then end up 20 miles from where I thought I was going to go.

I don't have anyone else who'd want to go where I go, it's boring to most people. I also don't think I'd want people around anyways, I like the time alone, it's therapeutic for me.

My wife often wakes up to find me gone, with a note in the middle of the night. However, again... that note could say I'm going east to such and such, but when I get there or on the way there, something else catches my eye, and off-course I stray. She accepts this and so do I.

If something happens, it happens. You can get hit by a bus 12 feet from your front door, you never know. I'd rather be out living life than always be panicked about preserving it.

Have fun. We'll miss you.

And no, I cannot be hit by a bus 12 feet from my front door. Attacked by a mountain lion or bitten by a rattlesnake, perhaps, but not hit by a bus.

I dunno, I do the same stuff, all the time. I don't think it's dumb, or not being smart. I think it's just the way it is. I mean, be as prepared as you can be, but I don't question or second guess this guy at all. I mean, what did they do in the old days? What did Ansel Adams do (WWAAD)? Don't think he called someone or left itineraries every time he went out with a camera.


I dunno.. [Shrugs]

I think it's important to realize that Hornby island isn't exactly in the middle of nowhere. That being said - most 3rd world countries have better cell coverage than BC There's a 90% chance that the cell would be useless if you're more than 5 minutes out of town in most areas

http://maps.google.ca …pn=0.204532,0.6​04935&z=11

Ouch....
Glad that hasn't happened to me....
For all we know even if he had a cellphone it might have broke in the fall? or the battery died?....

John Muir with only his long wool coat and some bisquits in the pocket used to go out in high Sierra Nevada storms for thrills.

The wilds are much safer than "civilization", sure there are some things to know about like preventing hypothermia, watching for rogue waves at the beach, and how to handle wild animal encounters.

I go places I'd never be found if something happened even if I told someone where I was going; cell phones don't work there either.

Yes, and Scott went to find the South Pole with minimal gear.

Oh, wait! He didn't come back, did he.

Going into the wild without taking basic precautions is like skydiving without a reserve chute. You can do it hundreds of times, but the parachute only has to fail once.