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Schroder
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 Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:19 pm |
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From WHAC:
STILL MISSING SINCE THURSDAY
Matt Matheny
6'4" 230 lbs
Visiting from Ohio
Was supposed to be on a day hike and never returned on Thursday 8/9
Car was located yesterday at Blue Lake trailhead near Ariel, WA on the South end of Mt St Helens park.
Skamania Sheriff is assisting with SAR
Search teams are on the ground there now
Matt is an experienced hiker but is not from this area and is believed to be wearing shorts and flipflops
His family is flying in from Ohio today
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This is on the West Side of Mt St Helens on FR 8123. There was a Bigfoot 40-miler there on Friday
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Yana
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Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:15 pm |
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PLAY SAFE! SKI ONLY IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION! LET'S ALL HAVE FUN TOGETHER!
PLAY SAFE! SKI ONLY IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION! LET'S ALL HAVE FUN TOGETHER!
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MyFootHurts
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Strange place to go missing.
Fairly flat, straight-foward hike.
Maybe he tried to get a closer look at that waterfall near the end of the old Sheep Canyon Road and he fell.
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bullfrog
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Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:11 pm |
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mbravenboer
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RichP
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Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:30 pm |
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Excellent news. I'm happy for him and his family.
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Yana
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Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:24 pm |
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Wow.
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Yana
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Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:44 pm |
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From a KATU article:
| Quote: | | After visiting him in the hospital, Matheny's parents, Linda and Carney Matheny, said their son survived by eating huckleberries and bees he had killed. |
That's definitely a new one.
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FiresideChats
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From the CNN article:
Matheny would eventually be found 2.7 miles away from the car "as the crow flies," Linda said.
Linda arrived in Washington with her husband on Sunday. She said the most encouraging hour of each day was from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. as volunteer teams arrived to continue the search for her son.
"The look in their faces, they were going to find our boy," she said.
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pcg
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| Yana wrote: | From a KATU article:
| Quote: | | After visiting him in the hospital, Matheny's parents, Linda and Carney Matheny, said their son survived by eating huckleberries and bees he had killed. |
That's definitely a new one. |
I bet the "bees" were horse flies.
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RumiDude
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Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:07 am |
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Also from the article: "Linda Matheny said her son was scratched up when he was found. His feet are banged up because he was wearing flip flops when he went missing and they broke, she said."
When you enter the backcountry, flip flops are not a wise choice. I don't want to be too critical, but this casual approach to taking off down a trail is going to get many more people in trouble. I know people chafe against the Ten Essentials and such, but I think it is time to scare people into being safe. OK, maybe not really scare, but educate strongly.
Rumi
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
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mbravenboer
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| Quote: | | "I'm going to wring his neck," said Linda. "What he was doing up there with only flip-flops, I have no idea." |
Lovely 
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kiliki
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Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:34 am |
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| mbravenboer wrote: | | Quote: | | "I'm going to wring his neck," said Linda. "What he was doing up there with only flip-flops, I have no idea." |
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That is hilarious. You tell him, mom!
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Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:38 pm |
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The flip flop footwear is remarkable, all right.
So is getting yourself lost on such a basic, well traveled trail.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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