Woman's body found off Kalapana

[anony_mouse]

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Originally posted by hooligal

I have been an avid outdoors/camping person most of my adult life. One of the best lessons I learned is to keep **everything** in plastic bags. Clothes, food, paper goods, toiletries.... if it goes in my pack, it goes in a ziplock first. Tents leak, waterproofing wears out, luggage gets left on the tarmac during a deluge (thanks ITO!), liquids get knocked over, rain-tarps blow out in a wind gust, centipedes hang out in your clean underwear, travel shampoo leaks in your ruck sack. Plastic bags mitigate these common camping/hiking headaches. Given that Bo was an outdoorsman and long-term camping on the flow, I would expect he was keeping valuable items bagged. The book being found in a plastic bag didn't surprise me at all. just my $.02 and perspective that plastic-bagging is not out of the ordinary for experienced campers.

* I'd rather fail at happiness than succeed at misery *

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Toiletries and other items are far different from a suicide note, particularly one that may have been forced or planted.

Also remember that his cell phone was not found in a plastic bag.

I'm an avid hiker and camper myself. I have pretty much hiked most of the west coast and Hawaii. I lived in Waimanu Valley for nearly a month in my tent. I really don't think a suicide note would be comparable to storing toiletries and electronics.