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So relieved to read they found her alive. Whew.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157403403555323&id=180780400322
Press conference. Interesting details on how/why they found her where they did, & more.
She did have a "tracking" watch, but left it at home. A member of SAR managed to get data from it which showed she'd run the trails (in the area she was found) before, & the team went to search there.
It's amazing that one of the SAR guys was able to get into her "watch" and find out that she had run that trail in the past. The Police Chief said that it's the only reason they went there to search! Plus, they were planning to scale back the search this evening if there were no solid leads because it was such a broad area. She is one very fortunate woman. Running alone is risky. I'm so glad Ashley made it OK.
We we lost a very popular male runner in Ashland, Todd Ragsdale, earlier this year. Running alone, it seems that he got sick on the trail and went down to the creek to clean up. He was found dead in the creek in about a foot of water.
http://m.dailytidings.com/article/20160629/NEWS/160629809
Another runner (also alone) Alyssa McCrann of Portland has been missing since just before Christmas. Searches have been unproductive.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-37-Tigard-19-December-2015&highlight=McCrann
https://www.facebook.com/findalissa/posts/507968512741459
really strange story, why was it reported she needed to be extracted and then it says they found her on her own two feet? feels like there must be more to this.
really strange story, why was it reported she needed to be extracted and then it says they found her on her own two feet? feels like there must be more to this.
Thank you for the link to the press conference.
So she DID, DOES, have a tracking device, but yet she left it at home...
Again, I am wondering if she just wanted to be left alone. The bruises and bumps... an accident, or not? The fact that nobody knew she ran this trail
before is interesting to me. ( but yet the info was on her tracking device left at home.) Why would she go on this trail? To me, there is a lot more to this
story, and whatever the reasons are, I hope that she stays safe and everything positive works out for her and her family.
If this was just bad luck, then I hope for this Emergency Room Doctor that she will use a cellphone or some tracking device in the future. She is now one
of the patients that perhaps she treats in her line of work?
Good Luck Ashley!!
IMOO.
You all, or many of you, are going to have a conniption fit when I tell you that I *do* have a Smart(ypants) phone, walk/jog daily, but don't always (OK, rarely) think to take it out with me! And I'm single & live alone, so it might take a while (~24 hours) for someone to notice I hadn't come home, if something happened to me. I'm going to have to rethink that, & condition myself to carry phone with me in future, because it's harrowing to family/friends who have to deal with finding a MP, whatever the outcome.
Whatever happened in Dr Laird's case, I'd like to commend her family for the updates they have given. I'm always curious about the details of "what really/actually happened", but have learned over the years that I don't *need* to know, however curious I am.
Disorientation, then dehydration, plus several other factors, can happen faster than one might think, even in a familiar area close to home when out in the countryside.
TL: DR: I'm glad she's safe. I'll be carrying my phone now (if I remember) when going out.
Sometimes learning from other people's mistakes can benefit our own lives. (I do want to add that I have learned from other's mistakes in the threads I have read.)
It might keep us from a costly or deadly mistake.
IMOO.
I have learned, too. Ever since that young pastor's wife was murdered in her home last year, I never leave my doors unlocked, even when I'm home.
Her family said she just got lost on unfamiliar trails then disorientated, no food or water. She was off road on trails. Hard to understand but getting disorientated in trails is pretty easy to have happen. Good she was still standing not laying in ditch covered. Shes a tough little tiny person! JMO
Yes, please bring along your phone. You are important to us! And just leave a note on your table re: where you're going and date it so if you have no signal or you are unconscious, disoriented, etc, then help can get to you faster. Thanks!You all, or many of you, are going to have a conniption fit when I tell you that I *do* have a Smart(ypants) phone, walk/jog daily, but don't always (OK, rarely) think to take it out with me! And I'm single & live alone, so it might take a while (~24 hours) for someone to notice I hadn't come home, if something happened to me. I'm going to have to rethink that, & condition myself to carry phone with me in future, because it's harrowing to family/friends who have to deal with finding a MP, whatever the outcome.
Whatever happened in Dr Laird's case, I'd like to commend her family for the updates they have given. I'm always curious about the details of "what really/actually happened", but have learned over the years that I don't *need* to know, however curious I am.
Disorientation, then dehydration, plus several other factors, can happen faster than one might think, even in a familiar area close to home when out in the countryside.
TL: DR: I'm glad she's safe. I'll be carrying my phone now (if I remember) when going out.
The weekend from her Ashley's husband's perspective. I'm not sure why he still says she had never taken that trail before, since the GPS watch showed she had. I wonder if he had used the watch or something. He said she's not good with directions! It will take about two weeks for her to get back to full strength.
Story and video at link.
http://ktvl.com/news/local/ashley-lairds-family-speaks-about-weekend-from-their-perspective
More from her husband. Apparently when she was found she thought it was Saturday. So she lost a whole day. He said they are going to buy a white board when she comes home so she can write down where she is going and how long she will be gone. Good idea! The story also mentions that she was found in the John's Peak area, which is not near Jacksonville Reservoir Rd...so I'm confused.
Story and video at link.
http://www.kdrv.com/news/Ashley_Lai...=social&utm_source=facebook_KDRV_NewsWatch_12
You all, or many of you, are going to have a conniption fit when I tell you that I *do* have a Smart(ypants) phone, walk/jog daily, but don't always (OK, rarely) think to take it out with me! And I'm single & live alone, so it might take a while (~24 hours) for someone to notice I hadn't come home, if something happened to me. I'm going to have to rethink that, & condition myself to carry phone with me in future, because it's harrowing to family/friends who have to deal with finding a MP, whatever the outcome.
Whatever happened in Dr Laird's case, I'd like to commend her family for the updates they have given. I'm always curious about the details of "what really/actually happened", but have learned over the years that I don't *need* to know, however curious I am.
Disorientation, then dehydration, plus several other factors, can happen faster than one might think, even in a familiar area close to home when out in the countryside.
TL: DR: I'm glad she's safe. I'll be carrying my phone now (if I remember) when going out.