Lost Proofing, an Article by Nancy Lyon©

 

 

 

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This week has been a whirlwind, and there just wasn’t any time or bandwidth to prepare a well thought out and researched article for you.  So, how about a “misplaced”, hard to find, nugget of outdoor lore, instead?

 

Nancy Lyon, the author of the article below, unfortunately died in 2011.  She was a fabric artist, publisher and author, as well as a SAR dog handler and trainer and was the president and operational leader of New England’s K-9 Search and Rescue Organization.  I didn’t know her, I wish I did; however she lives on in this gem of an article on how to keep from getting lost in the wilderness, reprinted from Wilderness Medicine Newsletter.

 

 

So next time you head out into the wilderness these tips will help to “lost proof”, and keep you from becoming “misplaced”, a reversible situation since misplaced things are found, or if you do become misplaced, hopefully they will save you from becoming “lost”, a dreaded final outcome, because lost things are gone forever!

 

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That is all for now, and as always, until next time, Happy Trails!

 

Sources

 

Lyon, Nancy; “Lost Proofing”, Wilderness Medicine Newsletter, July/August 2000, pages 6 to 7, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED448991.pdf, accessed June 7, 2025