The Lewis and Clark expedition

[shangchi108]

They'd done better had they had the Laser Strike at there side & a few more women like sacajawea to snuggle up to during the cold & to eat later on if need be

Spoken like a true survivalist!

I've always been fascinated by the Lewis & Clark expedition. A good friend of mine is actually the great-great-grandson of William Clark.

 

[Riverwarrior]

For those that may be interested to view or DVR, tonight on the History Channel at 10pm, there is a show called "Brad Meltzer's Decoded" and tonights episode is about Thomas Jefferson and Meriwether Lewis (according to the description, Jefferson's presidential codes may have been partially responsible for the death of Meriwether Lewis).

 

[2Edgy4u]

For those that may be interested to view or DVR, tonight on the Discovery Channel at 10pm, there is a show called "Brad Meltzer's Decoded" and tonights episode is about Thomas Jefferson and Meriwether Lewis (according to the description, Jefferson's presidential codes may have been partially responsible for the death of Meriwether Lewis).

Thanks for all the info. I almost forgot that the decoded ep was on tonight. I'm also gonna check out the show on cable, and the cool part is I'm sittin in a libarary as I write this, and I'm gonna check out most or ALL of the books mentioned. Yeah those people were close to superhuman. I don't think many people these days would make it 1/2 the way there. I lived in Idaho, and had seen the spot where the Mts. stopped them. It was near the Sawtooth Mts. and there are very few roads that can get back in there. Not even a helo could in many spots. Idaho has some very large parts of land that NO human has ever set foot on. Its just to hard to get past those Mts. Standing in front of them is Awesome.!!! So were those men and women back then. Enjoy edgy :thumbup:

 

[MikePerrin]

The sheer weight and volume of the supplies they undertook to take along absolutley staggers my mind. Today we think in terms of ultra light 'this' and ultra light 'that' and those guys were dealing in TONS (literally) of supplies-- all hand carried or with the aid of boats or horses/mules. Althought they sometimes employed a cache system to resupply on the return it was still an incredible amount of shit to take.

 

[Riverwarrior]

For those that were able to watch the "Decoded" program on the History Channel a few nights ago, concerning the death of Meriwether Lewis, what are your thoughts on the "possible" murder theory instead of what has been historically written and accepted as suicide?