It's the stuff of legend, but the kind of legend that keeps the Donner Party's story alive. I'm sad for the family of James Kim, the SF dad who lost his life trying to get help when his family was trapped on a snowy Oregon mountain backroad. He wasn't dressed for hiking in the snow, but his family wasn't prepared to wait for help much longer than the days they already had waited. So he did what he felt he had to do: took off to get help. His family was found alive. Even the rescuers were saddened by the discovery of his body seven miles away. Reminds me that, although we cannot be ready for every eventuality, when we go into "unexplored territory" we need to consider what emergencies we're likely to encounter--and try to be prepared.