Surviving the russian winter...and cannibalism.

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Dont think you can make a shelter and fire, set up a couple of snares and survive in relative comfort untill you get picked up or manage to hike out. These guys had to go to extremes to make it through the winter in the russian far east. Surviving can be tought, which these 2 guys can confirm.

They were found 155 miles (!) from the nearest town and 94 miles from their jeep. That's some serious wilderness :eek:


Full story and pictures of the survivors here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250037/Two-men-lost-months-Russian-wilderness-getting-lost-fishing-trip.html

A bit longer article from Siberian Times here: http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/did-desperate-fishermen-cannibalise-their-friends-in-extreme-cold-in-remote-siberia/

Two fisherman rescued in the Russian wilderness ate the corpse of their friend in order to survive after vanishing in one of the most remote places in the world, it was reported yesterday.
Alexander Abdullaev, 37, and Alexei Gradulenko, 35, were plucked to safety by a helicopter having survived temperatures lower than -30C three months after embarking on their Yakutia fishing trip.
Police discovered fragments of a human corpse at their campsite, which prompted officers to launch a murder probe amid cannibalism concerns. But officers now believe they ate the man after he died.
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Meat's meat. Bone's bone. The way I see it, a body's got two choice's in every decision they make. To man up, or b**** out. I'd say they chose to man up...
 
Some times you have to get hardcore to get to the finish line. I'm sure these guys had some kind of knowledge and will to live with them!

It takes some tough gear to last for 3 months in the bush I would take all wool clothing a NMFSHCG, a 3 month supply of beer and steaks!
 
I think the Russians, when escaping Soviet-era Gulags in Siberia, always remembered to bring-along a "sandwich" for the long journey back home. The "sandwich" was a 3rd & weakest member of the escape group...
 
WOW! That is really tragic. Those guys will be messed up for the remainder of their life.......

There is a video, "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga" that is one of the most interesting things i have ever watched (and particularly so given my Cultural Anthropology background) and shows how these Russian Trappers live and work in Siberia through the winter - they are hard-FREAKIN-core!!!!
 
Reminds me of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes. This is why when I fly, I always pack McCormick's garlic & peppercorn marinade, olive oil, powdered wasabi to make paste, sea salt, and a Misch firestarter, and Pamela Peck's "The Cannibal's Cookbook: Recipes and Remedies for Human Sacrifice". :)
 
Bowman1911 said:
Meat's meat. Bone's bone. The way I see it, a body's got two choice's in every decision they make. To man up, or b**** out. I'd say they chose to man up...
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I'm NEVER going camping with you.:eek:;)

I remember reading something called 'The Law of the Sea' IIRC. It talked about people being trapped at sea in desperate situations...like in a life raft and food/water run out...and someone basically being 'sacrificed' to save the others...tough to live with, especially if someone's demise has to be expedited...which would most likely fall into a murder charge these days...

What was the movie with the people in the lifeboat and some of the older people being put over the side to drift away. And one of the others complained that a dog was kept in the boat, the guy in charge responded with something like "We can't eat you Mr. XYZ" which essentially shut him up.

I do have a shirt that reads "Bring a compass, its awkward when you have to eat your friends." :thumbup:

Regardless, tho guys are 'hard core,' and survived to possibly deal with mental aftermath issues that come from such a situation. If the guy that didn't make it (was he the one wearing a red shirt on this landing party:D) passed from natural causes, it will probably be easier for them...tho I don't know if I'd want to be the investigator trying to figure that one out.

BOSS
 
Bowman1911 said:
Meat's meat. Bone's bone. The way I see it, a body's got two choice's in every decision they make. To man up, or b**** out. I'd say they chose to man up...
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Sadly, very true. The Andes folks, the Jewish Poles in Warsaw, the first explorers in parts of the N American continent, N Korean folks starved by famine and a dictatorship, and plenty of others showed us that it's sometimes necessary to survive at any cost. Bad? I dunno, as I've never been forced to make that call for myself. I ain't gonna pass judgment. That said, I stongly advise keeping the neighbors well fed just in case :) .


To a lesser extent, I remind my wife that the family pets, if times get bad enough, can be cooked.
 
:D About a year ago, I read a college textbook on cannibalism throughout the ages. It started on Maori & religious cannibalism up to modern day serial killer cannibalism. I suggest anyone interested in survival education read it. Having said that, I'm one of those guys that will eat anything. I have no aversions to food & will try anything once if given the opportunity. Not that I've had the opportunity, or have been given the chance, but I have known true hunger in my life. And Not that, "I haven't eaten today hunger," but more like "I haven't eaten this week" hunger. I'd never discount the possiblilty of having to do the deed.

Edited to add: As far as the family pets go, during the Great Depression, those cut lil' kittys were also referred to as roof rabbit.
 
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Bowman1911 said:
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Edited to add: As far as the family pets go, during the Great Depression, those cut lil' kittys were also referred to as roof rabbit.
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Any dead kitty is a good kitty. OK haters, I have 2 of them, one 16yrs old, the other 14. Friggin' things are healthier than ever and annoying as hell, plus the wife and the boy love 'em. Crap.
 
jimh0220 said:
Any dead kitty is a good kitty. OK haters, I have 2 of them, one 16yrs old, the other 14. Friggin' things are healthier than ever and annoying as hell, plus the wife and the boy love 'em. Crap.
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LOL :D Sounds like you're stuck with 'em!
 
BOSS1 said:
What was the movie with the people in the lifeboat and some of the older people being put over the side to drift away. And one of the others complained that a dog was kept in the boat, the guy in charge responded with something like "We can't eat you Mr. XYZ" which essentially shut him up.
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Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944?)

or

Abandon Ship (originally Seven Waves Away) (1957)

or it's remake:
The Last Survivors, with Martin Sheen as the lifeboat captain, 1975

The line about the dog....sounds like Abandon Ship, I believe.
 
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