One time I was in a blizzard while making camp in the back country. I had worked later than planned, checked the weather by looking out the window, and set out

One time I was in a blizzard while making camp in the back country. I had worked later than planned, checked the weather by looking out the window, and set out late. I couldn’t find a safe place to make a shelter and made a quick makeshift shelter in a tree well — not that safe under a tree but conditions seemed worse in the open. Dog and I basically huddled together all night. I didnt sleep and I doubt he did. I have made camp in a blizzard, but never in such conditions and always with a human companion. Second time I was on a trip with a group of friends in Atikaki park. In the almost three weeks we were out we never encountered another human. Anyway, part way through I just needed some time by myself and so after we made camp I just went off in a canoe by myself. No map — we’d emptied the canoes, but I wasn’t going to go far. No clothes but a swimsuit. But there were a lot of islands, there was some wind, and a current, and I was tired, and got lost. So I just pulled up and stayed put and luckily a couple of others came out in a canoe looking for me and found me after dark!