To survive two frigid nights, 17-year-old Nicholas Joy, a fan of survivalist television shows, built a snow cave. For water, he dipped into the icy Carrabassett Stream. For food, there was no option: he went without.
Meanwhile, rescuers were frantically searching for the Medford teen, who became separated Sunday from his father on the foggy slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain Resort in Maine. Searchers knew they were racing against the clock.
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God is good!
God is good, confirmation bias is great!
Bear Grylls is better!
Yeah, with his crew, camera man and arranged situations.
Great to finally see some good news.
It's great he's alive and well. Happy for him and his family BUT let's not make this kid out to be some hero. He should be fined the cost of the search effort.
Did he carry a cellphone, and did he use it?
Some survivalist. He should have called for Chinese take out. It is absolutely amazing that he would think to drink water from a stream. When does the movie of his exploits come out?
I guess he couldn't build a fire to melt the snow.
I like thr quote from the substitute teacher about Medford kids being "street smart". I think she is confused about what that means, I have never heard it applied to Medford kids...suburban quiet makes you hard?
"Street smart" is about getting along is tough neighborhoods and has absolutely nothing to do with survival in the woods. The language is slowing being undermined by poor teachers.
I'm happy that he's safe and don't want to be a wet blanket but how exactly do you get lost skiing? Sugarloaf's a big mountain but I wish the story explained how it happened. Not to mention a 17 year old without a cell phone? Could have been a signal issue. Hopefully more information to follow. It's an interesting story, especially since it ended well.
This is a great kid. He didn't panic. He built a snow cave. He survived. Nothing less than a miracle!
Oh, by the way, for those of you who've never been skiing, it's quite easy to venture off the trail expecially if you're an adventurous, confident type; but once you get into the trees there are no qarauntees!
I'm sure he's a great kid and I'm glad he survived, but he doesn't deserve hero worship for causing a major rescue effort and possibly endangering the lives of others.
What should happen is that he should be put on restriction by his parents for a week. We're supposed to teach teenagers not to do foolish things, not reward them for it.
He was on a mountain, not flat land. There was almost 12 hours of daylight on Monday. What did he do all day? Wouldn't it have made sense to just start walking down the mountain? I'm glad the kid is OK, but it doesn't make sense to make him out to be some genius survivalist. Sounds a bit fishy to me.
What miracle? He had ski / boarding clothes on. It wasn't even that cold this time of year at the 'loaf. Climb Mt. Washington, that will kill you in March.