hiker survives 11 days lost in the Pyrenees mountains

Discussion in 'General Survival and Preparedness' started by E.L., Jul 9, 2009.


  1. E.L.

    E.L. Moderator of Lead Moderator Emeritus Founding Member

    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.058bf6839ba3154626ba0598d4334377.81&show_article=1

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    A 62-year-old French woman hiker survived 11 days lost in the Pyrenees mountains with nothing but a picnic to eat, her husband said Thursday. Therese Bordais lost her way after wandering ahead of the rest of her hiking party, in the Ondesa national park in the Spanish Pyrenees on June 26.
    Spanish rescuers scoured the area with helicopters and dogs for over a week until spotting her Monday at the foot of a gorge, where she had spread brightly coloured clothes by the side of a stream to attract attention.



    "Frankly, I had lost all hope. How on earth can someone survive 11 days without food, alone out in the storms?" said her husband Marcel Bordais.
    Airlifted out of the mountain, she was hospitalised in the Spanish town of Huesca, according to her husband who said she was in "pretty good health."



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  2. Seawolf1090

    Seawolf1090 Retired Curmudgeonly IT Monkey Founding Member

    Must have been a tough lady! How many American ladies could have done that......? [dunno]
     
  3. mtbkski

    mtbkski Monkey++

    How many American MEN!?!
     
  4. E.L.

    E.L. Moderator of Lead Moderator Emeritus Founding Member

    I will be interested in hearing the facts of how she survived. She must have incredible emotional and mental strength for one.
     
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