emeraldkity4

I dont know how many have been following this story of a Sanfrancisco family whose trip to the Northwest ended with the family being stranded & the father still lost- but it has me on the edge of my chair.
However- as it has been warming up ( so to speak) searchers still are hopeful he will be found.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6141107.html

alwaysamom

I've been following it, EK, and keeping good thoughts and fingers crossed for him to be found safe.

berurah

This is such a heartwrenching story. Thoughts and prayers going out for his being found alive and well. Thank G-d his wife and children were recovered safely. ~berurah

Dean J

Tech types would probably know James through his videos on cnet.com and his old show on Tech TV. I must have watched dozens of his video reports.

The Cnet team is posting updates to http://www.jamesandkati.com/ (and front and center at Cnet.com). They wrote that they're getting 2-3 emails per minute through the site, which is pretty amazing for something that just got launched a few days ago.

I really hope this has a happy ending.

cnp55

There's a 12:30 post that says there are reports he has been found. I'm assuming that that's PST ... and therefore just a few minutes ago.

Hoping for good news here in CT

mootmom

EDIT. I am so sorry... A brief press conference at the cnet.com site just announced that his body has been located.

Dean J

MS-NBC has confirmed that he's dead. How terrible.

emeraldkity4

I just read that as well- I was concerned when they started finding clothing- because that indicated to me- that he perhaps was in trouble-
How very very heartbreaking.
Rest in Peace James Kim

LakeWashington

Quite sad, but how is it that someone who lives in the region (Portland, I believe) doesn't know that the remote higer elevation roads, and even Grant's Pass, can have dangerous snowfall this time of year? Portland is not in the mountains but I would expect western Oregonians traveling in the lower I-5 corridor to be familiar with the potential for bad snow conditions on the roads.

mootmom

James Kim and his family lived in San Francisco. They had been visiting friends in Portland and were on their way home.

soozievt

How terribly sad.

ebeeeee

Oh dear, I was praying for a different outcome but when they were saying they had found his pants I feared for this. God bless his little girls and his wife.

PrimetimeMom

I have been following this case from the beginning.

I get the sense that authorities did not start actively looking for the Kim family until family/friends came together and organized a search, including the helicopter whose pilot/passenger found Kati and the young girls.

To me Mr. Kime is a true hero as a husband and a father. They must have made the decision as a family after 7 days of survival that he needed to try and seek help because it was apparent none was forthcoming. I can only imagine the conversation between husband and wife before he left to seek help. To me this is a romantic although tragic story of a man's love for his wife and family.

barrons

I believe I accidently ended up on that same road once crossing from I-5 over to the coast. Good thing it was summer as it turned into about 40 miles of narrow dirt road through the mountains. Easy mistake to make. I am sure the hitchhiker I had with me was thinking the worst.

itstoomuch

Never take a logging road unless you have a Forest Service map, a wife to tell you that you are lost, and a supplies. If lost get yourself to a clear cut not a creek (Boy Scout technique). Southern Oregon mountains are remote. Why do you think this area have a lot of survivalists/