I saw this story, and heard it also on the diggnation podcast. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

..........I live half an hour away from where they were last seen.

I'd do that. If I had a car. Or ever left the house. I'm practically a shut-in, sadly.

CNet is confirming that James Kim's wife and daughters have been found alive. Link here. James himself had gone out on snowshoes to find help two days ago.

Very thankful the wife and kids were found, here's hoping they find Kim himself soon.

I was just about to post about this as well, as I saw on a local news network that they've been airlifted to Grants Pass Hospital, which is only a couple miles from where I live. Personally, I have little doubt that James will be found soon.

I don't know; hate to sound pessimistic, but if he took off two days ago, chances are that at best he's in very bad shape.

The most basic rule for survival is to stay where you are, especially if you're traveling with others and extra especially if they're your wife and children. You're best chance of being recovered is if you remain close to your last reported position. I hope he's found, but what he did was unecessarily risky for both him and them.

That was my first thought too. But that's a damned easy statement to make from the comfort of my heated home in front of my laptop when I'm about to go sprawl out on the couch with my wife and watch some TV. It's a bit different when your family's lives are on the line and you've got no idea if people are looking for you.

Best wishes from here. I hope they find him soon and in good condition.

The worst decision you can make if your wife and children's lives are on the line is to go out and play hero when you have little understanding of the situation and how to get out of it. The worst decision to make is to start wandering around in the woods with no idea where you are and where you're going. You not only will put your life in jeopardy, but you're also leaving your loved ones to the tender mercies of Nature and the elements without you to be there for them in case anything goes wrong. I hope he's found, but what he did was incredibly misguided.

Having been through arctic survival training, there is a great debate even from within the ranks of instructors whether to sit tight for help or go seeking out help.

From what I remember of the course (I was stationed at a unit that on occasion operated above the arctic circle) the 'gut' feeling was that it was better to keep moving BUT to make some sort of visible marker as you moved (say drawing an arrow in bark of a tree in the direction you're moving). They also pressed upon us to always keep a container (ours was a pouch the size of the small Crown Royal bag) with some 'basics' in there. You'd be surprised what a few bullion cubes and a mini-saw could do. Those of us who stuffed there pouch with cigarettes had to beg and borrow from those of us who took the pre-trip discussion with more than a grain of salt.

That said in these situations I always think of the survival tip my grandfather told me:

I'm very sorry to hear this. What a terrible trial for all involved.

It seems that people are constantly getting lost hiking/driving in the woods up here in Oregon, and they're almost always found cold, tired, and hungry but ultimately OK. Honestly, there are far worse places to be lost.

The discovery of his wife and daughters is teriffic news, and I expect he'll be found soon.

Don't want to be a downer, but that's not always the case, sadly. There was an 8-yr old autistic boy that disappeared around Crater Lake a month or so back, but he was never found.

Of course, that was an unusual case, but most of the time, the missing people are found. We've got really good search & rescue teams up here, but with the autistic boy, they couldn't make any loud noises or use rescue dogs. Frankly, I'd be surprised if James isn't found within the next day or two.

I remember James Kim as a technology reviewer on ZDTV from a few years back, and i was saddened to learn that this has happened. My thoughts are with his family.

My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family. I hope he'll be found soon.

I don't think it's fair to make these kind of judgements unless you've been in that situation. And frankly, I think this kind of armchair QBing a situation like this is just plain silly and insensitive.