Missing Tasmanian
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Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.
Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.
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Missing Tasmanian
by doogs » Fri 28 Oct, 2016 7:09 pm
Hope you find your way back out of the mountains soon, safe and well, with a story to tell. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-2 ... ia/7974838
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by Hermione » Fri 28 Oct, 2016 7:33 pm
This area sees a lot of tourists so let's hope someone has seen him, though having read some of his trip reports I suspect he might have headed off the beaten track.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by pazzar » Sat 29 Oct, 2016 6:27 am
This is an old walking friend of mine, and member of this forum. I hope he is found safe and well soon.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by DanShell » Sat 29 Oct, 2016 8:58 pm
This is too close to home, I hope Andrew is safe and they get in touch with him soon.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by north-north-west » Sun 30 Oct, 2016 2:30 pm
Deeply and sincerely hope to be wrong, but I have a very bad feeling about this . . . . 
Damn it, Andrew -get out of there and make me eat my words!
Damn it, Andrew -get out of there and make me eat my words!
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by Overlandman » Tue 01 Nov, 2016 4:50 pm
Fantastic News
Reports coming in that Andrew has been found alive.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasma ... 8086103d3a
Reports coming in that Andrew has been found alive.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasma ... 8086103d3a
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by biggbird » Tue 01 Nov, 2016 8:14 pm
Fantastic news to hear, I've enjoyed his blog posts, now just waiting for this story 
Photos have him looking pretty muddy! Off track gone wrong? Could the bogs of Malaysia possibly be worse than the bogs of Tasmania?
Photos have him looking pretty muddy! Off track gone wrong? Could the bogs of Malaysia possibly be worse than the bogs of Tasmania?
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by north-north-west » Wed 02 Nov, 2016 5:07 am
north-north-west wrote:Deeply and sincerely hope to be wrong, but I have a very bad feeling about this . . . .
Damn it, Andrew -get out of there and make me eat my words!
And he did.
Best. Breakfast. Ever!
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by doogs » Wed 02 Nov, 2016 6:50 am
Excellent news. I look forward to reading about this adventure!!
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by photohiker » Wed 02 Nov, 2016 7:30 am
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-02/l ... ns/7986592
Sounds like he had no navigation devices, maps, or GPS etc. Lucky man.
Sounds like he had no navigation devices, maps, or GPS etc. Lucky man.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by Son of a Beach » Wed 02 Nov, 2016 7:49 am
"By the end of it I was quite concerned I wouldn't make my 26th birthday."
Must have been a very frightening experience. Two weeks is a very long time to be lost in a foreign wilderness alone! So glad to hear he's OK.
Must have been a very frightening experience. Two weeks is a very long time to be lost in a foreign wilderness alone! So glad to hear he's OK.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by DanR » Wed 02 Nov, 2016 8:36 am
I heard he was found on my way to work. Glad he was OK, if a bit worse for wear.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by Gadgetgeek » Wed 02 Nov, 2016 6:38 pm
Glad this one worked out. Kudos to the professionalism of the local SAR staff and their abilities in what must be very tough terrain to search in. Limited Last Known, and they looked that long to get him, well done.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by Lindsay » Wed 02 Nov, 2016 6:56 pm
Great news, I hope Andrew can give us a first hand account of his adventure.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by gaskella » Sat 10 Dec, 2016 10:16 am
Hello everyone,
My father notified me of the existence of this thread.
Thanks for your concern...
Made some pretty big errors here considering my relatively extensive experience walking in Tasmania. Unfortunately I learnt my lesson the hard way around this time. I was overconfident walking into what I perceived to be a relatively straightforward track. The lesson here is to be overprepared - especially when trekking alone. Always take the appropriate navigation equipment and if possible an emergency beacon. I will certainly be abiding by this in the future...
http://andrewgaskell.weebly.com/travel/ ... experience
My father notified me of the existence of this thread.
Thanks for your concern...
Made some pretty big errors here considering my relatively extensive experience walking in Tasmania. Unfortunately I learnt my lesson the hard way around this time. I was overconfident walking into what I perceived to be a relatively straightforward track. The lesson here is to be overprepared - especially when trekking alone. Always take the appropriate navigation equipment and if possible an emergency beacon. I will certainly be abiding by this in the future...
http://andrewgaskell.weebly.com/travel/ ... experience
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by north-north-west » Sat 10 Dec, 2016 2:17 pm
Good to hear from you Andrew.
Is it too soon to joke about being fortunate to have so much help in 'finding yourself'?
Is it too soon to joke about being fortunate to have so much help in 'finding yourself'?
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by geoskid » Sat 10 Dec, 2016 3:39 pm
The Mulu Park guided walks brochure.
http://mulupark.com/v2/wp-content/uploa ... V-2015.pdf
Glad you survived Andrew.
http://mulupark.com/v2/wp-content/uploa ... V-2015.pdf
Glad you survived Andrew.
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by gaskella » Mon 12 Dec, 2016 8:36 am
north-north-west wrote:Good to hear from you Andrew.
Is it too soon to joke about being fortunate to have so much help in 'finding yourself'?
Haha... you can make as many jokes as you like. Just bear in mind that I've heard them all before
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Re: Missing Tasmanian
by jdeks » Tue 20 Dec, 2016 8:06 pm
I hear this fella is already planning to publish a book about this excursion.....
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