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[Trek420]

kelonagirl,

could you do a reception.....in class? what grade or the kids?

[kelownagirl]

trek - hmm, it could almost be done. In the staff musical we're working on, dh has to actually get down on one knee and propose to me. He thought for awhile that he might do it for real during the show. Aack. Not sure how I would have reacted to that. Anyway, knowing the moms in my class, I have no doubt they'll have something up their sleeve before the end of the year. They are just like that. Last year, they gave me a $250 GC to the LBS. I kept the room mom's son in my class this year.

The other reason why it would be nice to do something like you mentioned is because Dh and I have our classes as buddies and we have PE together twice a week, plus one other activity so our kids see us together a lot. It might be kind of cool to have some sort of joint celebration before the end of the school year. We'll have to think about that.

Oh, and I have grade 3, he has grade 6.

[crazycanuck]

BTW...What's the area like where the gentleman was found???

Trek-I think it's taught in Girl Guides & Scouts around the world.

In Australia there are tons of stories each year about folks who wander off the 4WD tracks and don't return.

There was an incident late last year here in Western Australia-Three folks decided to drive up to work in one of the mines & took a wrong turn. They found thier bodies three days later.

When we drove to Melbourne we had two large petrol holders( i know what they look like but can't remember the exact term for them) full of water just on the odd chance we broke down. Not something you want to do in +45c..

Anywho..KG it's nice to hear you & your dearie are getting married!!

Tomorrow is "get everything ready for the 12hr"day-I have it off just to ensure all our "stuff" is put aside in one area so Ian doesn't have to stress too much. Ian's doing the 12hr solo and anything i can do to make him less stressed is good..

c

[crazycanuck]

Poor penguins..Stupid humans!!!!


http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...007132,00.html

Odd human story flatulent person here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6213644.stm

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[Nanci]

Wow, I don't know how many of Mr. Kim's pieces I've seen on Cnet...It's sad. Stranded for almost two weeks- I don't know if I could stay with the car that long...

Nanci

[mimitabby]

BTW...What's the area like where the gentleman was found???

Trek-I think it's taught in Girl Guides & Scouts around the world.

c

The area where Mr Kim was found is near the california oregon border, very rugged terrain and high altitudes. The roads he took are closed every winter but they used a map that didn't give that information. Then they took a wrong
turn and ended up on i think a forest service road! his biggest mistake was to get off the road he started following streams in country so severe that you
had to walk IN the stream to continue. This made him quite wet and probably
wore him down fast.
Some of the roads in this part of the country are still snow covered (and closed) in June.

[mtbdarby]

That is a very sad story about the Kims. Just imagine if the mom couldn't have nursed the kids - I don't even like to think about it. My winter stuff stays in my car year round. I don't even want to take it out to go get my vehicle tomorrow.

KG - so cute your kiddies want to be there for you guys. I hope you're able to work out a little something with them.

CC - GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN! I hope you and Ian have a blast. Pix! Lots of pix and a full ride report when you're back.

Lisa - hope you and dh are feeling better. You treat each other so lovely

Not much new here. My sick boss is in today - he better not share all his germs. Off to get some java...

[KnottedYet]

When I drove through there last month I was ridiculously over-prepared. And I wasn't even leaving I-5!

Now I'm thinking the extra winter clothes, sleeping bag, food, candles, heater-packs, water, blanket and such really weren't ridiculous. And on my way home through there it had snowed, which completely changed everything. I was reassured by my extra supplies then.

That area is pretty intense in the snow.

I can understand him leaving his family to get help, that's a natural reaction. Did they think he already had hypothermia when he left the road? I had hypothermia once (on Mt. Shuksan) and never want to experience that again. My intellectual processes are iffy at best, but with hypothermia decision-making gets really weird.

[mimitabby]

Apparently, it is believed by a lot of people that if you follow a stream down hill that will take you to civilization. That is not always true, particularly in rugged mountains. I have a friend who did this (20 years ago) they walked for 5 days
following a riverbed. Helicopters found him and his friends... They were lucky
but they had a long ways to go yet to find civilization when they were found.

so they are saying stay near your car and make your car seem as brilliant and as big as possible (put shiny things around the car, like hub caps)