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Re:A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack by victor9000 on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @02:32PM (#24983088)
The article says he weighed 86 lbs, so it sounds like he died of starvation or malnutrition.
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Re:A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack by ColanR on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @02:40PM (#24983176)
Which again is strange, since he was found with $3500 on him.
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Re:A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack by manicorganic on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @02:56PM (#24983336)
And there was food nearby.

On the other hand, on the show Alone a few seasons back the medical staff had to pull someone who had weeks worth of smoked fish saved up yet was risking serious organ damaging due to malnutrition. Even though he had plenty of food he was simply rationing too strictly and had lost over 20% of his bodyweight in a matter of weeks. Point being, it's possible to put oneself in danger despite having the resources to avoid the risks.

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Re:A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack by milesvp on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @03:37PM (#24983699)
Alone was fascinating to binge on netflix. The winner of the season I watched had a whole elk to eat and was still losing dangerous amounts of weight over the course of the season. I would have never guessed that he would have struggled so much with such bounty.
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Re:A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack by Herodotus38 on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @04:10PM (#24984019)
https://www.colliersheriff.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=94010

I wonder if he was fasting or starving himself and ran into unexpected trouble. For example pg 17 has some detailed nutritional data on something, maybe an idea for a protein bar?.

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Re:A nameless hiker and the case the internet can’t crack by Certified on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @05:54PM (#24984989)
It looks like he was developing some sort of nutritional "wafer." I remember when Rob Rhinehart was in the early days of developing soylent, he commented that some of the raw nutritional powders he was sourcing for the mixture could be quite harmful if taken in the wrong dosage. Maybe he made himself sick with a bad batch of wafers?
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