Another walker missing

[DebFar]

very very sad and i guess we will never know what really happened.

here is the last news on him.
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/loca ... 44127.aspx

[photohiker]

thats why we all need to watch bear grylls, ray mears, les stroud etc

Posted at 330am..... with 2 young kinds, when on earth do you sleep young man??

Haha. Indeed. The question with 2 young kids is not when, but if.

[Liamy77]

thats why we all need to watch bear grylls, ray mears, les stroud etc

Posted at 330am..... with 2 young kinds, when on earth do you sleep young man??

Haha. Indeed. The question with 2 young kids is not when, but if.

sleep?... sleep? - yes i vagely remember sleep

[doogs]

Posted at 330am..... with 2 young kinds, when on earth do you sleep young man??

Haha. Indeed. The question with 2 young kids is not when, but if.

sleep?... sleep? - yes i vagely remember sleep

sleep is for children and pensioners! (this is coming from someone who was pushed out of bed at 3.30am by an 18 month old).

[ILUVSWTAS]

Urghh i'd have pushed (her?) back out..
Not that I can talk, our 5 and a half year old climbs into our bed most nights, I get kicked in the back and kidneys all night long...

[Liamy77]

better he kicks ya than mrs ILUVSWTAS!
... or maybe thats it - and he uses his sweet innocent child as a shield

[tas-man]

The answer may be in the autopsy results and they either haven't been released or not made public. Yes, there are a lot of questions unanswered at present and it would seem the autopsy results may be the only source for an answer, and it is the family's right to keep those private I imagine.

The Tasmanian Coroner's findings on the death of Jonathan Dent in the Dial Range in April 2011 have been released here - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-17/b ... ection=tas but a screen shot is attached below as many of the direct links to newspaper articles expire after some time.

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[Going where]

This is known as "water intoxication" and unfortunatly is more common than you hear in the media.
Basically too much water causes a decrease in the body's electrolytes concentration.
It has also been identified as an issue with inexperienced walkers on the Kokoda trail.
There are individual sachets available that are great for taking with you as a suppliment to replace lost electrolytes.

[flatfoot]

How much water is regarded as too much? I guess there must be some kind of formula based on body weight for safe levels of consumption.

[Mountain Rocket]

There is some great discussion in this relevant thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10965