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Rescue crews reach Blue Mountains canyoner |
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29-Jan-2013 9:32:01 AM
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Rescuers are walking him out of the Bowens Creek area (near Mount Wilson).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-29/canyoner-in-distress-in-blue-mountains/4488178
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29-Jan-2013 10:04:11 AM
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geeeez, i was thinking about going to 'look' at a canyon yesterday, just to watch it roar!
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29-Jan-2013 10:08:31 AM
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"rescuers say he is suffering mild dehydration......."
I call bullshit!
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29-Jan-2013 11:06:40 AM
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Serioiusly WTF..canyoning in with that system coming in we had yesterday.....wasn't even like a freak storm or anything..it had been coming for a week.
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29-Jan-2013 2:46:32 PM
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On 29/01/2013 One Day Hero wrote:
>"rescuers say he is suffering mild dehydration......."
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>I call bullshit!
Thought the same thing when i heard this.
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30-Jan-2013 8:34:47 PM
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A few facts...
He was dehydrated. That's what happens when you drink bad (creek) water and spend the next 24 hours vomiting.
He intended to do a single day canyon on the Saturday, when the weather was nowhere near as bad. Unfortunately his plan didn't eventuate and he spent the next two days trying to self-rescue in very poor weather. Only once he thought he had no other option did he set off the PLB.
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31-Jan-2013 8:42:13 AM
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Wow sounds like he had an epic...glad hes okay.
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31-Jan-2013 9:13:41 AM
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Yes sounds epic. Respect to him for his effort of self rescue/reliance. My initial reactions were similar to those above. If you are out there for a couple of days on your own before you go the PLB then it hardly sounds like a foolish or frivilous use of the PLB.
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