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Five months later: Woman found alive after disappearing in Diamond Fork Canyon
- nefitty 5y agoThe article indicates she may have been “missing” by choice, a decision which may have been spurred by mental illness.
- hinkley 5y agoMoss is not particularly nutritious for humans, but if you separate the fiber from grass, you cover a pretty broad range of essential nutrients. One thing that always surprises me about survival tutorials is how time is often one of your dearest resources. You can make grass tea if you have the time, but it might be more effective to just chew it and then spit it out while doing other things.
- guerrilla 5y agoDamnit why. I wish they were able to interview her but then again that's probablh the exact opposite of what she wants to be involved in.
- dharmab 5y agoWell, this answers why the gate was barred when I tried to visit the canyon last weekend! (I had visited back in April- the gate was closed to cars but open to backpackers and bikes at that time, but barred and locked on my more recent visit.) Note that Diamond Fork is not all that far from civilization. It's a short drive from nearby Spanish Fork, Utah. There are paved roads (including a nearby highway), developed campsites, natural water sources, tree cover and natural firewood sources. It's also unusually mild and lush for the area thanks to local geography.
- interestica 5y ago> but eventually would have been come across by someone given the summer popularity of the area. If it was all closed off, wouldn't that have reduced the likelihood of her discovery?
- dharmab 5y agoNormally the canyon opens to cars sometime between mid April and mid May, depending on the weather. That's when it fills up with families and OHV enthusiasts rather than just small numbers of backpackers.