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MacBeth

Posted: 6 February 2012 - 08:14 PM

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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:

Three Lost in Oregon Used Knife as Signal

In another interview, they explain that they would never actually have eaten the dog.

[No wilderness] is so dangerous as a city home "with all the modern improvements".
One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Lothithil

Posted: 6 February 2012 - 09:04 PM

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Very clever! And, yay for not eating the poor dog!

Everyone, sometimes, needs a camel.

Old troubleshooters never die...
They just wait til the last moment and then rescue themselves!

Fellow Traveler

Posted: 7 February 2012 - 03:34 AM

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That's what you learn from MacGyver: always carry a good map when you're travelling!

Regards, J.W.

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Posted: 7 February 2012 - 07:43 PM

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QUOTE (Fellow Traveler @ 7 February 2012 - 10:37 PM)

That's what you learn from MacGyver: always carry a good map when you're travelling!

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 !!!).

victorinox

Posted: 12 February 2012 - 09:05 AM

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QUOTE (Fellow Traveler @ 7 February 2012 - 05:37 PM)

That's what you learn from MacGyver: always carry a good map when you're travelling!

Or GPS.

"You know, MacGyver, that's why you're so hard to beat. Nobody knows what you're going to do next, including you." --- Murdoc

"His name is MacGyver. He can fix anything. He could fix a computer with a hairpin and a piece of duct tape." --- Pete

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