<p>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.
<a href=“http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6141107.html[/url]”>http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6141107.html</a></p>
<p>I’ve been following it, EK, and keeping good thoughts and fingers crossed for him to be found safe.</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>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. </p>
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<p>I really hope this has a happy ending.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>Hoping for good news here in CT</p>
<p>EDIT. I am so sorry… A brief press conference at the cnet.com site just announced that his body has been located.</p>
<p>MS-NBC has confirmed that he’s dead. How terrible. :(</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>James Kim and his family lived in San Francisco. They had been visiting friends in Portland and were on their way home.</p>
<p>How terribly sad. :(</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>I have been following this case from the beginning. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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/</p>
<p>I also thought, he’s a hero. A real one.</p>
<p>you pick up hitchhikers? Ya I bet he thought he was a goner!
I can’t fault the Kims for going out without enough food water and blankets to keep them safe for a month- although being older and wiser I even have flares in my Jeep, but when I had a baby, it was all I could do to get out of the house with enough diapers ( I used cotton of course) let alone food and water for everyone else.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index.php/2006/12/04/can-google-send-you-to-your-doom/[/url]”>http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index.php/2006/12/04/can-google-send-you-to-your-doom/</a></p>
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and a compass- don’t they teach people how to read compasses anymore?- although I guess it doesn’t do you a lot of good without a map</li>
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<p>It was in the 70’s. I also used to hitch from madison to NJ fairly often. Young and fearless.</p>
<p>Sad ending. I just want to cry.</p>
<p>Very sad ending, and yet another reminder that the mountains don’t care whether you live or die. One of the toughest jobs of a Scout leader is teaching this lesson to the boys. So sad and so unnecessary.</p>