tom_brennan wrote:Pretty sure the whole area was closed by Friday. The fire had been burning for a couple of days before it went up.
wildwanderer wrote:tom_brennan wrote:Pretty sure the whole area was closed by Friday. The fire had been burning for a couple of days before it went up.
Thats good then. Not good about the fires but good the area was closed off over the weekend.
I didn't realize the fire has been burning that long.
Xplora wrote:. Not much you can do if the fire starts while you are there, except use that level head and common sense. Some understanding of fire is a good help also. My first tip would be try and go in the opposite direction to the fire movement and downhill. Seems logical. Most big fires will spot well ahead of the front but wetter areas don't spot as easy. Get out before the fire is big. There is usually time to get moving away before the fire grows. Radiant heat is the killer. People do not normally go into a bushfire area to walk while the fire is going so if there is a storm or you see a fire start then there is often plenty of time to make an exit..
wildwanderer wrote: I think likely I would have stayed at the campsite (a cave) and popped the sos on the inreach. Possibly tried to move down the creek as the fire approached if the campsite cave wasn't offering heat protection.
Xplora wrote:
The mobile phone would likely work better there. Much quicker to get a response. That would be my first response but the inreach would be a good backup. Next would be to move away from the fire and maybe down to Kedumba creek. Good tracks from there and better chance of a pickup.
wildwanderer wrote: Xplora wrote:
The mobile phone would likely work better there. Much quicker to get a response. That would be my first response but the inreach would be a good backup. Next would be to move away from the fire and maybe down to Kedumba creek. Good tracks from there and better chance of a pickup.
Unsure about mobile phone coverage in cedar valley,This was going to be my first trip down there. I suspect the cliff lines might obscure line of site to phone towers.
GPSGuided wrote:What’s one’s survivability to dive into a creek as a fire storm passes? Oxygen?
GPSGuided wrote:What’s one’s survivability to dive into a creek as a fire storm passes? Oxygen?
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