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Anyone see this story:


Starving photographer rescued from B.C. wilderness

A wildlife photographer who planned to spend the winter living in a remote trailer in the wilderness of northeastern B.C. narrowly escaped starving to death after he failed to pack enough provisions.

Hudson's Hope RCMP say the 42-year-old man was trapped for more than two weeks without food in the Carbon Creek area near Williston Lake.

Police and rescue volunteers found the hungry man on Feb. 1, about 36 km from the W.A.C Bennett Dam, according to Hudson's Hope RCMP Cpl. Darel Woroshelo.

"He'd misjudged the amount of provisions he'd need to make it through the winter. He'd been without food for, I believe, 17 days," said Woroshelo.

Driven by hunger, the unidentified man attempted to snowshoe out by himself along the rough roads he used to get the trailer in during the summer.

"He made it several kilometers, but then was just too weak and he couldn't continue and made it back to his trailer," said Woroshelo.

Unable to escape the icy wilderness, the man lived on water melted from snow until he was finally able to signal his distress to a passing helicopter, which left him some food, and notified Hudson's Hope RCMP.

"He did have a good supply of heat and water, which I'm sure is what kept him alive for those 17 days," said Woroshelo.

Rescued by snowmobile

Once notified of his plight, the RCMP and some volunteers launched a rescue mission by snowmobile to bring him out.

"He seemed to be in good spirits and, of course, he was happy to see them," said Woroshelo.

But once back in town the man refused medical treatment and asked to be taken to a local restaurant and then a motel instead.

"He was going to get some food, and warm up and re-nourish," he said.

The man plans to stock up on food and head back into the wilderness for the rest of the winter. But in the meantime the man has asked for privacy, and declined to speak with CBC News.

They never told us......did he get any good shots?............

Very cute and well said!

what an embarassment

he knew the dangers, screw the wildness he's in BC go watch the olympics.

haha

Wonder how many memory cards he had with him to document the whole winter!

how do you know - he might have been shooting film? Huh?

You only need one if he had a laptop/back up solution and gas powered generator.

What's film? Is that the oily residue on the water when a gas/oil mixture outboard goes by?

LOL

Rather embarassing.
[Insert comment about too much B.C. bud smoked before heading out unprepared to the wilderness ]

What amazes me is that he didn't forsee his food supply dwindling to the point where he'd try to get back before he ran out.
And why is he in such a rush to get back?