OMG NO NOSECONES
No mention if he ate, though. Might have gotten enough moisture out of eating something to sustain him...
Still, pretty nice.
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^Usually you lose water when eating. Unless you are in the Desert of the Thousand Melons, I'd find water first before trying to eat that lizard you managed to catch.
You can manage almost a whole week without water, even in hot climates, if you have access to shade and don't move around too much. It is pretty rare though, and in general the three day rule applies.
Another factor is humidity - the drier the air the less water you waste on sweat. In high humidity, the air is saturated with moisture so that your sweat won't easily evaporate, and if your sweat doesn't evaporate it can't cool you off. This leads to a vicious cycle of constantly sweating with little or no effect until you die of dehydration in what could be considered a "wet" environment.
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Given that the newspaper reporter would have had no opportunity to actually interview the person, there would have been no way to determine just how long he went without water. He was missing for six days, and when found he was suffering from dehydration, but what happened in the meantime was anyone's guess. For one thing I know I wouldn't go out on a nature walk without a water bottle.
Regardless of any water supplies he still had, the man was old as hell.
And then he was found at the bottom of a 2000 foot canyon.
What strikes me strange (though not implausible) is the survivalist's rule of thumb is 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food. While it's certainly possible to survive up to 7 days without water and 45 days without food, this strikes me as a tad improbable.
Nevertheless props to the guy for making it.
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