survival for Mr. Kim
A colleague told me that he saw a survival expert comment on a news show about James Kim. His opinion was that a human can live for a week or more without food, a few days without water, and maybe a day without shelter in those conditions. Kim's mistake then was that he walked away from his shelter. Someone else said that hold told his wife he thought they were only 4-5 miles from the nearest town/inhabited place, but in reality they were about 15 miles away.
Personally I would have scouted out the territory by walking during the warmest part of the day on the road mile or so, then go back. Then the next day try similar distance in the other direction, then expand the distance a bit, but always measure the time or distance so that I could get back well before dark. If I had a cell phone with me I might try to get to the highest point I could without leaving the road and try to get a signal.
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