Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2016 7:09 pmHope 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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Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2016 7:09 pmRe: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2016 7:33 pmThis 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.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2016 6:27 amThis is an old walking friend of mine, and member of this forum. I hope he is found safe and well soon.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2016 8:58 pmThis is too close to home, I hope Andrew is safe and they get in touch with him soon.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Sun 30 Oct, 2016 2:30 pmDeeply 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!
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Tue 01 Nov, 2016 4:50 pmFantastic 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
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Tue 01 Nov, 2016 6:15 pmGreat news.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Tue 01 Nov, 2016 6:50 pmGood to hear
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Tue 01 Nov, 2016 7:13 pmGood news.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Tue 01 Nov, 2016 7:53 pmRe: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Tue 01 Nov, 2016 8:14 pmFantastic 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?
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 5:07 amnorth-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!
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 5:22 amFantastic 
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 6:50 amExcellent news. I look forward to reading about this adventure!!
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 7:30 amhttp://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.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: 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.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 8:36 amI heard he was found on my way to work. Glad he was OK, if a bit worse for wear.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 6:38 pmGlad 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.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 6:56 pmGreat news, I hope Andrew can give us a first hand account of his adventure.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Sat 10 Dec, 2016 10:16 amHello 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
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Sat 10 Dec, 2016 2:17 pmGood 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'?
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Sat 10 Dec, 2016 3:39 pmThe 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.
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Mon 12 Dec, 2016 8:36 amnorth-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
Re: Missing Tasmanian
Posted: Tue 20 Dec, 2016 8:06 pmI hear this fella is already planning to publish a book about this excursion.....