Adventurer found dead in Scottish wilderness

[Ashley Cawley]

"A MAN found dead in a remote bothy is thought to have been an adventurer who hoped to spend a year living alone in the Scottish wilderness. David Austin, 29, from Derby, was found dead in a hut by a railway worker a mile south of one of Scotland’s most remote stations, Rannoch in Highland Perthshire, on Hogmanay."

Full Story @ http://www.scotsman.com/news/adventu...dead_1_2069431

Take Away quote near the end: Survival school instructor Ian Moran, who teaches extreme survival and bushcraft skills, said that it was extremely unlikely anybody could survive a Highland winter outdoors by living off the land.

He said: “It would be a tall order for even the most professional person who calls himself a survivalist.

“Maybe centuries ago, when Scotland was covered in woodland and teeming with wildlife, but not now.”

[rich290185]

i'd seen this yesterday, very sad.

[JonnyP]

Crikey.. I would like to know more of the facts on this. Very sad for his family and friends.

[CanadianMike]

"NED" comes to mind........ too bad he was motivated by a TV show and not by actual learning and studying what it takes to survive in extreme climates, let alone live comfortably in one.

[Terry]

A sad story indeed. and one would have thought he would have had a plan B in force

[comanighttrain]

Yeah I want to know the details... I donno what he planned to eat out there...maybe deer if he had a rifle and was a really, really good hunter.... Rabbits and maybe ptarmigin from the nearby hills...oofff...

and his plan B... jeese....

details aside... RIP brother...

[cuppa joe]

a lesson to be learned perhaps ?

[Silverback]

I saw this on facebook the other day too.. Mother nature and the weather.....mans harshest critics.

Sad story condolences to those he left behind

[Ben Casey]

I feel for his family but he must not have planned it right as it isn't something you can just go and do

[Saxon]

as it isn't something you can just go and do

Tragically, I think the problem was he convinced himself that he could do it. Not so much Bushcraft but the survival thing, I personally think gives certain types of people really false ideas.

A survival instructor shows a course student how to set a Rabbit snare.
Later he shows them how to skin and joint a Rabbit.
Later still he chucks them a Bunny with it's coat on and says, "There's your dinner"

What kills people who go off into the wilds thinking they're knowledgeable and up to it is, they've never actually really caught a Rabbit.

I feel sorry for his Mum and I hope he sleeps peacefully, and perhaps his death will save someone else from making the same mistakes.