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Survival: A grief-stricken father’s mission
"“She ended up freezing to death out there” Lenz said, ... “She succumbed to hypothermia and collapsed face down in the snow. She ended up freezing to death out there by herself.”"
Mark Lenz has the rest of his life to wonder what might have been, to ponder a crash that claimed the lives of his former wife and daughter, though they both survived the crash itself.
The medical examiner told Lenz that his daughter, Shyann, 9, may well have survived as long as five days before succumbing to hypothermia in the Pavant Range, just 11 miles east of Fillmore, Utah. Shyann’s tracks covered the area where a Piper Archer crashed 11 miles from the airport on Nov. 26, 2012, minutes after a fuel stop on the way to Gillette, Wyoming.
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Tragic story I remember that crash.after living 20 years in remote Montana wilderness at 6500 ft (5 years in a tee pee living totally off the land I saw temps as low as 52 below 0 for weeks at a time.there's so much one can do to keep warm if you have the skills.anyone flying over winter train should keep a bottle of lighter fluid on there person could mean the difference between life and death, no how to make a snow cave or ikshe and have a couple of candles on you're person.
don't totally rely on elt or gps
Great to have but modern teck fails rapidly in the extreme.you may freeze to death before some one reaches you.and almost always stay near the crash Area
I like to have a wingman when we fly over remote areas. When Henry & I crossed to Catalina (22 miles across the Pacific), that was a key part of our emergency plan-- the remaining pilot would mark the GPS spot (usually there is a MOB (Man Over Board) button for quick access on the face) help guide rescuers by radio to the downed pilot.
We're going to be flying some crazy stuff up in Idaho in a couple weeks, and we're going as a team.