Couple OK after 10-day Utah ordeal

“They look tired and exhausted, but considering the circumstances, look incredibly well”

A couple and their dog stranded for 10 days in southwestern Utah survived by using matches and a can of carburetor cleaner to start fires at night after being trapped in heavy snow. via Denver Post Economy/Real Estate

[jessica]

....great that they are well.....how is the dog?

[Wasatchbl]

Let me say this first....I am glad for their daughter that they are alive. Now, what kind of idiot tries to go that far in the back country when there are storms coming? A quick check of the weather would have been smart huh? And then, how much money was spent to find the two idiots that decided taking pictures of wild horses in the middle of winter in a remote area of the west desert was a good thing to try. Oh, and how about the poor guy who DIED looking for these two bozos? Now that I have vented, go back and read the first sentence I wrote again! P.S. Jessica, the dog is fine!

[intrigued]

first of all, I too, am glad they are okay (even the dog). BUT.....this was a good demonstration of how mankind can interfere with nature and her law of survival of the most fit. obviously these two weren't fit to live because they obviously make really stupid decisions. then man further confounds nature's laws by sending those who are fit out to find these two bozos, and die themselves, in the process...!!! these two deserve the "dangerous idiots" of the year award. I feel sorry for their daughter to have to grow up in the same household. maybe she should be taken away from these BOZO parents for her safety.

[JustJaimie]

All I can say is incompetance is alive and well in Utah. When I watched this story unfold on the news I shook my head, what the heck were they thinking?? Idiots. What really REALLY peeves me is all the news coverage, it seemed like it was on for days and days. If I had done something so stupid there is NO WAY I'd show my face on TV.