• Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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      5 hours ago

      The reason was him refusing to bring a map, which would have shown a bridge over the river less than a mile away.
      And not scouting out his environment either, or even trying a detour along the river, or improvising a raft…

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        i’m too lazy to look into, but did he actually starve starve to death or was there some medical complication? it takes a long time to starve to death

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          His emaciated decomposing body was found by hunters. Time of death couldn’t be determined accurately.
          The last 4 entries in his diary were just a date and a dash (-).
          He had a bag of plant seeds with him that contained a toxin which causes paralysis.
          His diary contained entries documenting his dwindling food reserves and unsuccessful hunting attempts.