Evan Tanner found dead

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"He defined himself as being an adventurer."

I define him as being dead.
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Silverback wrote:"He defined himself as being an adventurer."

I define him as being dead.

Cold......funny.....but cold.
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Rock Island Ranger wrote:
Silverback wrote:"He defined himself as being an adventurer."

I define him as being dead.

Cold......funny.....but cold.
he is now....
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Tanner, 37, had blogged ominously about his trip into the desert to "cleanse."

Dead is as "cleansed" as you can get!
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2 miles from his campsite? HTF do you die from exposure within 2 miles from your campsite?
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ANGRYCivilian wrote:2 miles from his campsite? HTF do you die from exposure within 2 miles from your campsite?
By thinking you're a tough guy and not respecting the elements.
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Silverback wrote:
ANGRYCivilian wrote:2 miles from his campsite? HTF do you die from exposure within 2 miles from your campsite?
By thinking you're a tough guy and not respecting the elements.
I agree; but, I still don't understand why he couldn't make it back to camp.

I have never considered myself a tough guy; but, I have been in that type of situation, actually, probably worse, and lived.
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ANGRYCivilian wrote:2 miles from his campsite? HTF do you die from exposure within 2 miles from your campsite?
I know a guy who has been a Virginia State Park Ranger for twenty some years, teaches all kinds of outdoor/ hunting classes in his free time, professional and very capable. He almost succumbed to hypothermia while deer hunting within sight of his vehicle.
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Flesh Thorn wrote:
ANGRYCivilian wrote:2 miles from his campsite? HTF do you die from exposure within 2 miles from your campsite?
I know a guy who has been a Virginia State Park Ranger for twenty some years, teaches all kinds of outdoor/ hunting classes in his free time, professional and very capable. He almost succumbed to hypothermia while deer hunting within sight of his vehicle.
Well...was he on a one mountain top looking across 8 miles of Virginia terrain while he was in sight? Or was he within crawling distance? If crawling distance, please tell him he is a pussy. If line of site, you can drop the pussy part and call him a quitter. 8)
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Bandito wrote:
ANGRYCivilian wrote:2 miles from his campsite? HTF do you die from exposure within 2 miles from your campsite?

Wellllllll, it's about 120 on a cool day during that time frame, AND, the tool had no water...........or gas..........or brains.............or common sense.........which usually leads to people dying 2 miles from camp............or within sight of their vehicle............ :roll:
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And Francisco Franco is still dead.
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