05-25-2019, 05:07 AM
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/us/hawaii-hiker.html
"Ms. Eller had intended to go on a short trail walk, one she had done before. She went off the path at one point to rest, and when she resumed hiking, she got turned around.
“I wanted to go back the way I’d come, but my gut was leading me another way — and I have a very strong gut instinct,” she said. “So, I said, my car is this way and I’m just going to keep going until I reach it.”
She left her phone and her water in her car on purpose, because it was only supposed to be a 3-mile hike.
ETA: Kudos though to her for being able to survive that long. And a very impressive effort by the rescuers.
"Ms. Eller had intended to go on a short trail walk, one she had done before. She went off the path at one point to rest, and when she resumed hiking, she got turned around.
“I wanted to go back the way I’d come, but my gut was leading me another way — and I have a very strong gut instinct,” she said. “So, I said, my car is this way and I’m just going to keep going until I reach it.”
She left her phone and her water in her car on purpose, because it was only supposed to be a 3-mile hike.
ETA: Kudos though to her for being able to survive that long. And a very impressive effort by the rescuers.