![]() A compass is useful, but not a solution without supplementary knowledge – like having a pretty good idea of where a road or other development is and in what direction. But in the mountainous terrain of California and many of the other western states it is usually an impossibility to walk a straight line. And if he doesn’t know where he is how can he decide the direction to where he wants to be? In some areas of the country a person can use a compass to help him walk a straight line rather than wander about. He is lost – that means he doesn’t know where he is. All of these answers presume that a person knows how to use a compass and the direction in which he needs to travel. If you have a GPS, use it but keep a paper map and compass as a backup.įor more tips about what to do if you get lost in the woods, see what the US Forest Service suggests.Ĭompass will tell you which direction is north. Stay on the trail and use your compass to guide your way back. Try to recall landmarks you passed along the way. Don’t move until you give careful thought to how you got to your present location. When you realize you’re lost, remember that panic is your worst enemy. ![]() If you get lost in the woods here are the three most important things you must do: But each year thousands of campers disappear in the woods and many of them were probably unprepared for what came next. Nobody ever thinks they’ll end up as a missing persons case in a David Paulides book. The author’s “CANAM Missing” group is calling for “a national, publicly accessible registry/database be created in which all missing persons are accounted for…” If you do get lost, here’s what you must do He says the government keeps no records about the case and even if remains are found, that information doesn’t have to get documented anywhere. Paulides was surprised to learn that when a missing persons case is shelved, nobody keeps track of it.Īccording to his website, “there is no centralized registry or database of persons who have gone missing in our national parks and forests or on Bureau of Land Management lands.” When a missing person investigation grows cold after a prolonged search, law enforcement often presumes the individual is dead. If bodies are found, they are sometimes located years later and shockingly within close proximity to where search and rescue teams were originally focusing their efforts.Or, they have no recollection of the events that transpired. Victims who are found are often too young to communicate what happened.Sometimes they return with the victim, other times they come back alone. Many of them disappeared within close proximity to loved ones.Campers of all ages have disappeared in 28 different “clusters” near or on North America’s public lands and often within just a few miles of each other.Whether these missing persons were experienced or not, their disappearances all share similar traits such as: The author discusses how many of those who disappeared were experienced. Paulides’ books show that’s not always the case. It’s common to think that lost campers are probably inexperienced and unprepared. ![]() Don’t panic if you get lost in the woods.
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