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[powderman]

   
HIKER FOUND ALIVE after being lost 17 days and nights in Oregon wilderness.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/hiker-found-oregon-17-nights-survival-story

Hiker found alive after being stranded in Oregon wilderness for 17 nights shares survival story
Harry Burleigh, 69, was reported missing on May 7
By Audrey Conklin | Fox News

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A 69-year-old hiker who was discovered alive two months ago after being stranded in the Oregon wilderness for 17 nights is now sharing his survival story with the public.

Harry Burleigh was reported missing on May 7 when he did not return home from a camping trip near Toketee — an area known for its natural waterfalls — according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.


The Douglas County Search & Rescue team located Burleigh 17 nights later on May 23, the sheriff's office wrote in a Facebook post.

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"We want to thank our local community, our friends, our family for all the love and the support and the energy and efforts that were brought to bear on this poor pilgrim who went out and got lost," Burleigh said during a Thursday press briefing in his first time speaking out about his disappearance since he made his way out of the woods, according to the Mail Tribune.


Burleigh, whom the Mail Tribune described as an experienced hiker, told the press that he did not implement the "seven Ps" of planning: "Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance."

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His 17-day disappearance and the search effort that followed consisting of about 100 volunteers began as an overnight fishing trip, but Burleigh said everything took a wrong turn when he started down a trail that was supposed to be a quick hike and lost his way.

Authorities located Burleigh's makeshift shelter and fishing tackle box on May 16, left him some supplies and left a note asking him to start a fire so they could track him down again.

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Sgt. Brad O'Dell said in a May 24 statement shared to the department's Facebook page that finding Burleigh "was the outcome" everyone had "been looking for in this case."

"It is because of our determined Search and Rescue Teams and the partnerships we have with other SAR teams from around the state, that Mr. Burleigh has been re-united with his family this evening," he said. "The Sheriff's Office wants to thank everyone who was involved in this mission."

[ironglows]

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   People do tend to walk in circles when hopelessly lost.  Some claim that in most people, one leg is slightly shorter than the other, however, I don't know if that is true.

  One tip to avoid it and perhaps get to civilization quicker..  Find a rivulet, which will lead to a run, which will lead to a creek and on to a river.
    Your chances of finding other people on a river are far better than in the woods or on a mountaintop, plus that course, although it may be ragged, will keep you from going in a circle.  Keeps one near water also.

[powderman]

I would have like more info on how he survived. CHARLIE. 

[ironglows]

I would have like more info on how he survived. CHARLIE. 

   All you had to do was to Google his name...but he still doesn't tell much..

 https://www.mailtribune.com/happening-now/2021/07/15/harry-burleigh-hiker-stranded-for-17-days-tells-his-story/

   Still, if he had stuck to following the outlet of the lake.. there are roads & highways in the area and they follow the valleys too, and often cross creeks.

[Ranger99]

I would have like more info on how he survived. CHARLIE. 

Yes.  Myself

Maybe it's changed, but the standard
advice that SAR "experts " used to give
was to stay put

Wonder if he was one of these new
bushcrafty "nothing but a $300 knife "
guys that won't bring basic canteen,
compass, cordage, fire kit, etc.?

[ironglows]

I would have like more info on how he survived. CHARLIE. 

Yes.  Myself

Maybe it's changed, but the standard
advice that SAR "experts " used to give
was to stay put

Wonder if he was one of these new
bushcrafty "nothing but a $300 knife "
guys that won't bring basic canteen,
compass, cordage, fire kit, etc.?

  Yes... under many circumstances, if you can expect people to be searching for you, perhaps the best way.  The information was from my Dad and supposed that it was one's need to find their own way out.

  I received the same info from Non-commissioned officer's school, which supposed one to be lost during a clandestine operation, or perhaps during such time that there is so much going on that your loss would be a nearly insignificant part of a larger puzzle.

     A side note..  At one time Daniel Boone was asked if he ever got lost.  To which he replied... "Never got lost, although I have been mighty confused for a few weeks at a time" !
 

[O-mega]

I would have like more info on how he survived. CHARLIE. 

Yes.  Myself

Maybe it's changed, but the standard
advice that SAR "experts " used to give
was to stay put

Wonder if he was one of these new
bushcrafty "nothing but a $300 knife "
guys that won't bring basic canteen,
compass, cordage, fire kit, etc.?

It hasn't changed, you are better off staying put so searchers can find you. It is easier to locate a static target than one that is moving. 

[ironglows]

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   Something seems strange with this story.  No mention of a large search, although there was a "thank you" to friends.

  It appears there is no mention of rangers, fire departments etc. searching, no explanation of what how he tried to signal, or what he ate, or any other details