Looks like fun? But what if you are stuck in your car for 2 days in this lovely scene?
This couple survived 2 days in their car...good thing they did have water and enough fuel to keep them warm at times. Having some food would have surely helped to keep them warm.Read on about their ordeal and vow to have a winter survival kit in your car.
Found: Missing Oregon couple return safe after getting stuck in snow on Christmas tree hunt
By The Oregonian
December 03, 2009, 10:37AM
They had three blankets, a case of bottled water, a winch, a jack, a cell phone, two maps and a GPS device. But when Keith and Jennifer Lee got stuck on Mount Ashland, near Medford, on Tuesday afternoon, none of the gear helped them get out. Until this morning.The couple went to the mountain for a Christmas tree and ended up trapped for two days, battling dehydration and trying to conserve fuel.
"We just got stuck in the snow and there was no way for us to turn around," 38-year-old Jennifer Lee said Thursday morning, hours after they escaped to safety. "It was a foot-and-a-half or two feet of snow. It was all the way up to the car door." The Lees were the subject of a search-and-rescue effort along icy mountain roads near the crest of the Cascade Range in southern Oregon.
While dozens of people searched on the ground, a helicopter circled the area, looking for the Lees’ neon blue Subaru. Searchers were preparing to head out again this morning when the Lees turned on the radio and heard about the search effort. Once they descended into cell phone range, Jennifer Lee got patched through to Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to report they were on their way home.
Although authorities didn’t know where the Lees were stuck, searchers planned today to scour the area where they were stranded. "We would have found them with the aircraft," said Jackson County Sheriff’s Lt. Pat Rowland The Lees, who live in Medford with their four children, set out at about 9 a.m. Tuesday to get a silver tip Christmas tree.
Jennifer asked a friend to pick up the Lees’ eight-year-old daughter from school. The couple planned to be back later in the day. But the Subaru got stuck in the powdery snow about 1 p.m. And no matter what they tried, the couple couldn’t move their car. They rocked it back and forth, but the wheels were spinning. Keith Lee jacked the car up and put rocks under the wheels, but that didn’t help either.
It was only when the snow hardened to ice early Thursday that they were able to free the car. They were on the road by 6 a.m. "My husband got up this morning and said, ‘I am not spending another night out here, so let’s get it done," Jennifer Lee said. While they were stuck, the couple ran the heater in the car for 15 minutes every hour starting in the evening. On the first night, it wasn’t too cold so they didn’t start the heater until 7 or 8 p.m. But Wednesday night was colder so they had to turn on the heat around 5 p.m. Still, they tried to use fuel sparingly.
"We conserved as much fuel as we could in case we got unstuck," 36-year-old Keith Lee said. "I had at least two or three more days of gas." As soon as they got to Medford, they went to pick up their children and had a breakfast of biscuits, gravy, eggs and hash browns. While they were gone, the Lees drank about six or seven bottles of water but did not eat anything.
Both were in good shape, though Jennifer may have frostbite.Around midnight on their first night, the Lees talked about what would happen if they were never found. But they never lost hope. "I knew eventually we would get out of there," Keith Lee said. "I just prayed a lot, " Jennifer said. "I have Jesus in my heart and my husband is a great outdoorsman. I knew between the two of them I couldn’t fail."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/search_on_for_missing_christma.html
By The Oregonian
December 03, 2009, 10:37AM
They had three blankets, a case of bottled water, a winch, a jack, a cell phone, two maps and a GPS device. But when Keith and Jennifer Lee got stuck on Mount Ashland, near Medford, on Tuesday afternoon, none of the gear helped them get out. Until this morning.The couple went to the mountain for a Christmas tree and ended up trapped for two days, battling dehydration and trying to conserve fuel.
"We just got stuck in the snow and there was no way for us to turn around," 38-year-old Jennifer Lee said Thursday morning, hours after they escaped to safety. "It was a foot-and-a-half or two feet of snow. It was all the way up to the car door." The Lees were the subject of a search-and-rescue effort along icy mountain roads near the crest of the Cascade Range in southern Oregon.
While dozens of people searched on the ground, a helicopter circled the area, looking for the Lees’ neon blue Subaru. Searchers were preparing to head out again this morning when the Lees turned on the radio and heard about the search effort. Once they descended into cell phone range, Jennifer Lee got patched through to Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to report they were on their way home.
Although authorities didn’t know where the Lees were stuck, searchers planned today to scour the area where they were stranded. "We would have found them with the aircraft," said Jackson County Sheriff’s Lt. Pat Rowland The Lees, who live in Medford with their four children, set out at about 9 a.m. Tuesday to get a silver tip Christmas tree.
Jennifer asked a friend to pick up the Lees’ eight-year-old daughter from school. The couple planned to be back later in the day. But the Subaru got stuck in the powdery snow about 1 p.m. And no matter what they tried, the couple couldn’t move their car. They rocked it back and forth, but the wheels were spinning. Keith Lee jacked the car up and put rocks under the wheels, but that didn’t help either.
It was only when the snow hardened to ice early Thursday that they were able to free the car. They were on the road by 6 a.m. "My husband got up this morning and said, ‘I am not spending another night out here, so let’s get it done," Jennifer Lee said. While they were stuck, the couple ran the heater in the car for 15 minutes every hour starting in the evening. On the first night, it wasn’t too cold so they didn’t start the heater until 7 or 8 p.m. But Wednesday night was colder so they had to turn on the heat around 5 p.m. Still, they tried to use fuel sparingly.
"We conserved as much fuel as we could in case we got unstuck," 36-year-old Keith Lee said. "I had at least two or three more days of gas." As soon as they got to Medford, they went to pick up their children and had a breakfast of biscuits, gravy, eggs and hash browns. While they were gone, the Lees drank about six or seven bottles of water but did not eat anything.
Both were in good shape, though Jennifer may have frostbite.Around midnight on their first night, the Lees talked about what would happen if they were never found. But they never lost hope. "I knew eventually we would get out of there," Keith Lee said. "I just prayed a lot, " Jennifer said. "I have Jesus in my heart and my husband is a great outdoorsman. I knew between the two of them I couldn’t fail."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/search_on_for_missing_christma.html
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