Does anyone know how far from civilization they were? I've been in some interesting situations on forest service roads but never once did staying in the Jeep for 5 days seem like a reasonable option. Unless I was a 50+ miles away from civilization, I'd think I'd have risked walking it out.
Glad snowmobilers eventually found them though.
IDK about everyone else but any time I take a trip out of town I leave where I'm going, ETA, stuff like that.
Does anyone know how far from civilization they were? I've been in some interesting situations on forest service roads but never once did staying in the Jeep for 5 days seem like a reasonable option. Unless I was a 50+ miles away from civilization, I'd think I'd have risked walking it out.
Glad snowmobilers eventually found them though.
There's some pretty vicious snow piles in the parking lots out there too. I mean, this poor JK got stranded on a massive snow bank:
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https://jalopnik.com/mall-crawling-just-got-too-real-for-this-poor-jeep-1833176472
Edit: Apparently there are 2wheel drive wranglers... that image is a travesty of true mall crawling with massive tires, a big lift, and being only ever able to run 2WD...
Local HAM repeater? A definite maybe, but more likely than CB.A good reminder for additional communication mechanisms as well:
- CB channel 9 (nationally)
- Local HAM repeater
5 days? alone in deep snow? sounds like pretty good survival instinct to me. I seem to recall many cases of "baby boomers" following the GPS up a closed "summer use only" forestry road and being found dead days later. Not sure what your generation is but these millennials actually went snow camping in the winter, in a very capable TJ. All went well until the weather changed.Millennials do not have that survival-prep. instinct compared to my generation.
Local HAM repeater? A definite maybe, but more likely than CB.
CB channel 9? Negative, Ghost Rider. Ch. 9 was D.O.A. in my area 30 years ago. Good luck with that...