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This September (2015) marks the 15th anniversary of my Lost in the Woods episode. I went on a solo backpacking trip in the Olympic National Park, tried solo bushwhacking and ended up in need of a rescue. I learned a lot about myself, about the people around me (family and those I had previously considered “close friends”) and people from my various communities. The story has been well-documented here, but I talked to Brett Nunn who has graciously allowed me to reproduce one chapter from his book Panic Rising: True-Life Survivor Tales from the Great Outdoors. It is the most in-depth account of my story and I hope someday to see the place from which I waited for several days for that helicopter that came just after I stopped waiting for it to arrive.
Read the chapter by clicking on the image
More on this event at: https://paulenelson.com/about/lost-in-the-woods-sept-2000/
Wow! What a test of faith and endurance. I’m so pleased, Paul, that you survived this adventure to share your words and enthusiasms with all of us in August Postcard Poetry Fests.
Thanks Carol. Hard to believe it has been 15 years. Did you see the links here: https://paulenelson.com/about/lost-in-the-woods-sept-2000/