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| Yong Chun Kim in a snow vehicle after being rescued. |
Yong Chun Kim, age 66, got lost snowshoeing on Mount Rainier
in Tacoma, Washington. He had been hiking with a snowshoeing club, and became
separated from them. He was lost for two days and in order to survive, he had
to keep moving to stay warm. He’d sleep standing up for five to ten minutes at
a time. Finally, he dug a tunnel in the snow and he began to burn his
possessions to keep warm. Extra socks, Band-Aids, toothbrush, packaging, and even
$6 were all set aflame to keep Kim alive. He was rescued on Monday, January 16,
2012.
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