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| Posted by: MacBeth 6 February 2012 - 08:14 PM |
| A family of three were rescued after six days lost in the woods, by signalling a searching helicopter using the reflective screen of a dead cell phone and the blade of a sheath knife as heliographs: http://www.officer.com/news/10623751/three-lost-in-oregon-used-knife-as-signal In another interview, they explain that they would never actually have eaten the dog. |
| Posted by: Lothithil 6 February 2012 - 09:04 PM |
| Very clever! And, yay for not eating the poor dog! |
| Posted by: Fellow Traveler 7 February 2012 - 03:34 AM |
| That's what you learn from MacGyver: always carry a good map when you're travelling! |
| Posted by: Bushwalker 7 February 2012 - 07:43 PM | ||
 And KNOW HOW to read your map and compass...(And not to forget that you can always patch your leaking hot-air balloon with the aforesaid map and your faithful ol' roll of duct tape !!!).  |
| Posted by: victorinox 12 February 2012 - 09:05 AM | ||
Or GPS. |