Lucky man

Uni graduate in itself isnt a reason to bag him
It depends what he gradated in.
Road tyres are better than chunky off road tyres in sand
totally unprepared for much at all
I would bet that he thought 'i have a 4wd, i can go anywhere"
I remember when i did 4wd tours, so many people would rock up for multi day tours in vehicles that were totally unsuitable. One bloke in his 50's used to get bogged every day,. I couldnt work out why so we did a walk around.
I asked him if it was in 4wd with the hubs locked in
His reply was "it's a ><?Xing a 4wd'
I showed him how to engage 4wd and how to engage the hubs. never had a problem after that
he was a tradesman

"The value of a PLB" And when to make the decision to press the button. :)
Dave.

You would press the button before you made the decision to walk 60km. :)
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

And why would you press the button and then go for a walk, leaving your vehicle when help is on the way. Best sit down with your pack of cards. :)
Dave.

No one suggested that anyone would do that, even this guy.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Thats right Jim S1, . .you only learn from your mistakes, he made a big one! and survived. Some don't!

Cheers Axle.

The pot was stirred enough yesterday Allan!!.....lol.

Actually Gents as Jeep has been mentioned, it was only yesterday on my daily beach trot along the local 4wd access i witnessed a jeep wrangler towing a 14ft off roader caravan up hill in really soft dry sand, doing it with ease!!!.not a bad effort considering the conditions. I know my landrover would probably be still there and there not bad at that sort of task. this thing looked stock standard too.

Cheers Axle.

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Yes Axle, I think Jeep put all of their talent into the Wrangler which left next-to-nothing for their other models.

My son has a Jeep. Very stylish, well equipped Grand Cherokee that he bought used (at a big discount because of first owner taking the depreciation hit).
He knows the reputation but will never venture off the bitumen.
He just likes the car.
I know a guy in the 4WD and caravan training business and he says he has quite a few customers in the latter group who are very happy with Jeeps as towing vehicles.
I don't think many people question Jeeps' abilities off road, it's the reliability in tough conditions that seems to be the main issue.

I was very tempted when the current model Jeep Grand Cherokee came out (years ago), because it had a lot of Mercedes in it. Unfortunately that quickly changed , and not for the better.
Those Yanks are very good at counting every cent spent on a car.
Still a lovely town car, very smooth and comfortable, and pretty good for blacktop towing as well.

Cheers
Jim

Jim
He is a University student and they weren't mentioned in the course content so he wouldn't know of them.

What has being a university student got to do with it?

The news item mentioned a University student travelling and getting bogged and then walking 60km. So I presume they are telling the truth and he is in fact a university student!

True but your inflection on this is that uni students have no idea. You basically said that because he is a uni student he wouldn't know anything of PLBs. Read you own post again.

Its amazing how quick you back pedal when called out on something - happens in post after post

The first paragraph of the story actually says he is a university graduate, which in the scheme of things is meaningless unless we are told what he has a degree in and how that might be relevant to the situation he found himself in.
Just another thread on Exploroz heading in the usual direction.

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We have an essential scorn for education in this country. Our heroes are sports figures. Poetry, theatre, art and music are seen as the province of an elite few.

So reference to a student or an educational qualification is sometimes made with derision, without foundation and perhaps to mollify a latent sense of inadequacy.

There's useful degrees that prepare one for a productive tax-paying future.
Then there's degrees that prepare one for a lifetime of bludging off government grants.
I have respect for one off these.

One wonders if the fellow has a full or partial qualification in something meaningful. Either way he didn't pick up much sense there and was unprepared. Education and intelligence often don't go together. Met a young bloke at a pub a while back and he said he was doing a BA, I asked what that was, he replied, a "Bachelor of Attendance, if I attend I pass".
As above, I too hope his qualifications are of benefit to himself and the country

No degree instills common sense.

Common sense is innate. Presence or absence of a degree or any formal education for that matter is not an indicator of a person's grasp on common sense.

You can't legislate for it, you can't educate for it.

It's just there. Or not.

EDIT: I should have added that if it's there you can enhance it with education, but if it's not, well ... perhaps the blank canvas stays blank.

So sayeth Frank the knowledgeable. :)
Dave

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I was not too sure that Frank was correct about that so I asked a friend who majored in psychology. The answer was that Frank had it pretty right..... "Certainly enhancement is valuable but it does require a reasonable 'innate' intelligence to begin with."

So David, can you add some intelligent knowledge to this?

Yeah, I get it David, fair cop.

I guess we've all done something stupid at some time in our lives. As we're here to talk about it I guess we got away with it and learned from it. Count me in on that.

Perhaps the real and most effective educators are life and experience, so I'll backpedal a bit and say that common sense CAN be learned to a degree, but perhaps not BY a degree.

Thanks for the prompt.

It's always "a friend" isn't it Allan.

Coming back to the OP Frank. As a prospector those salt lakes in WA always look very tempting. Only tried it once at Gordon, north of Kal and was stuck for 2 days. It's magic at night time with a light on your head, especially if you find a nugget.
Dave

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In this instance, a very close "friend" David, so if you take your foot out of your mouth I will let you in on a secret.........
The "friend" I spoke of happens to be my wife who was employed initially by the Commonwealth Government as a a psychologist.

Anything else I can help you with Dave?

No thanks Allan. All hunky dory here but thanks for your concern. Just checked my legs and my feet are still on the ends and planted firmly on the ground as usual.
Dave.

Only if someone knows you are out there.