Man survives monthlong ordeal in US park on a mushroom, berries and water

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Man survives monthlong ordeal in US park on a mushroom, berries and water
theguardian.com
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I'm happy he survived and all, but...

By the third day, he sent his dog, Freddy, to find his way home.

I'm gonna need some closure on what happened to that dog.

Meanwhile, on Aug. 4, Jan Thompson, Schock’s mother, received a phone call from the Whatcom Humane Society in Washington state. They told her that her son's dog had been found the previous day on a trail near the Chilliwack River.

Dog is good.

I'm just a hiking enthusiast, no expert, but I've read that if you're lost in a remote area with no chance of rescue that you should move downhill. Eventually you'll find a stream or creek. If you continue downhill following it eventually you'll reach a human settlement. Better to focus on finding people in the first couple days than securing food/water.

One mushroom?

Better not to eat more unless you know-that-you-know they're not poisonous. Especially when you're already lost in the wilderness.

Lucky he was there in almost peak berry season and before all the creeks dried up. Good on him for keeping it together that long. No one expects a rescue in that situation, just a recovery at best.

monthlong

It's okay to use a hyphen here. It's not going to bite you and - bonus - then what you write will be English.

It's a typo, he actually survived a monthling ordeal; thirty days of being hunted by a rabid newborn child