[K1W1]

Hi,

Here is a rather tragic story for those left behind but the final outcome must have been blindingly obvious to the recipients of the worlds highest award for stupidity a while before they actually received it.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4711...med-expedition

[NYCAP123]

Have to give them credit for having a great sense of adventure and a willingness to accept the consequences of their actions. Too many today assume that someone will rescue them from their stupidity. These guys would have done well living a century or two ago. The world suffered a loss with this.

[tirekicker11]

Originally Posted by NYCAP123

Have to give them credit for having a great sense of adventure and a willingness to accept the consequences of their actions. Too many today assume that someone will rescue them from their stupidity. These guys would have done well living a century or two ago. The world suffered a loss with this.

I have to agree with this.
When you're always abiding the law and sticking to the rules set out by over regulated countries there's not much adventure anymore these days.

Another sad detail is that the 2 survivors were dropped of in Christchurch one day before the earthquake...

What the article doesn't tell us is how these guy's have prepared themselves. I wouldn't judge them before there was an open discussion relating in their prep work.

[Innomare]

What I don't understand is how they found the space for two quad bikes on a 14-metre sailing yacht with a 5-member crew.

[K1W1]

Hi,

As there is no trace found of them or the boat the search has been suspended.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4720...serk-suspended

Innomare: I read elsewhere that this huge pile of gear arrived on the dock next to the yacht and people were amazed as it gradually went onboard, somewhere it said one of the quad bikes was lashed over the engine hatch and there were 200lt drums of fuel lashed all over the place.