It's so good she and the dogs were found. Two days and nights is a long time to spend in the wilderness without shelter or food. She is very lucky not to have succumbed to hypothermia. That can easily happen even with people who spend most of their time outside.
Also they were very lucky not to have caught the attention of bears etc.
It is so easy to get disoriented and lost if you wander off-trail in a large unfamiliar woodland. It happened to me once (damp and chilly yes, but not British Columbia!)
I always think how important it is for people to have basic education in wilderness survival, and to carry a little back-pack whenever on a walk, with a couple of lightweight tools like a good robust knife, some paracord, a compass, maybe a lightweight tarp, a ziplock bag with dry tinder/pine resin, a lighter, a pack of freeze dried rations....etc....and a bottle of fresh water. If that becomes an ingrained habit it is easy to do.
Even the smallest things a person can do to better their situation when lost in the wilderness can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.
Also they were very lucky not to have caught the attention of bears etc.
It is so easy to get disoriented and lost if you wander off-trail in a large unfamiliar woodland. It happened to me once (damp and chilly yes, but not British Columbia!)
I always think how important it is for people to have basic education in wilderness survival, and to carry a little back-pack whenever on a walk, with a couple of lightweight tools like a good robust knife, some paracord, a compass, maybe a lightweight tarp, a ziplock bag with dry tinder/pine resin, a lighter, a pack of freeze dried rations....etc....and a bottle of fresh water. If that becomes an ingrained habit it is easy to do.
Even the smallest things a person can do to better their situation when lost in the wilderness can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.
