Freezing to death (hypothermia) in the winter outside. How to make the method work?

[iwantitalltoend]

If you go outside during winter when it's very cold then you could die from hypothermia although there are several factors that can determine how the method might work and how fast or slow you get hypothermia. The temperatures should at least be below 0 degrees Celsius, the colder it is the faster hypothermia can set in, the type of clothes you wear are important, if you wear insulated clothes that are meant to keep you warm then the method might not work or at least it will take longer to get hypothermia so it's better to wear thin clothes that aren't insulated so that you get hypothermia faster, I heard that if you're wet then the process of getting hypothermia can be even faster than usual. If a person is thin then it might also help to get cold faster, while if someone is fat then it might take longer. If you go to a mountain during winter, maybe even on top of a mountain while wearing very thin clothes, like only a shirt and trousers, and if no one finds and saves you then you'll most likely die from hypothermia, depending on how cold it is symptoms of it can start to happen in just a few hours. I think the biggest downside or risk to this method is frostbite, you'll most likely get frostbite if temperatures are very low and if you don't cover the areas where frostbite happens, if someone finds you before you die then you'll suffer the consequences from that along with other health problems that can happen from hypothermia, that's why it's very important to not be found and saved by anyone, for this you should go to a remote place where there aren't many people that usually go there, that's why the top of a mountain can make the method more effective. It probably doesn't have to be Everest mountain, it can be one with lower altitudes, a mountain with an altitude of 2000 meters should be enough. If the temperatures are at least below 0 degrees, if they reach -10 degrees Celsius or even lower, if it's windy and if you have very thin clothes then hypothermia should set in pretty fast.

This method can be done in a city or outside of a city as well, it doesn't have to be necessarily on a mountain but it depends on how cold it can get in the city you do it and as I said before, it's very important to not be found and saved by someone.

I know it's not a peaceful method since you have to endure very cold temperatures until you die but few methods are peaceful, many methods have their own levels of pain or discomfort so it depends on each person on what method they prefer and on what they have accesible to them. I don't think it's necessarily a painful death, I think there are other much more painful or brutal ways of dying than this but I know that it can be very uncomfortable to endure all that cold until you die. It's not really about how peaceful it is but about accesiblity, if you're in a place where it gets cold outside during winter or if you can go to a place where it gets very cold then this method is pretty accesible and not very difficult to do. Obviously you have to be determined to do this method, like many other methods if you start this then there's no going back so you have to be sure you want to die. Many people from all around the world died from hypothermia so that's proof that the method can work.

What do you think about this and what other things could make the method work in your opinion?

 

[MyShadow]

The hard part will be when you survive and have lost parts of your body to frostbite. Just ask Beck Weathers, the guy who survived the terrible blizzard at 27,000 feet on Mount Everest in 1996. Blinded and left for dead, he lost consciousness but miraculously found his way down to Camp IV but lost his nose, right hand and multiple fingers on his left hand.

Our bodies have an incredible survival instinct that is difficult to overcome and I certainly want you to think about it before attempting this.

 

[U. A.]

If you don't have the level of resolve of an awakened sage, you will eventually seek warmth and shelter before you die of cold. And depending on how long that takes,

The hard part will be when you survive and have lost parts of your body to frostbite

 

[shampoo sniffer]

If you lived in the UK, you could go out onto the moors in the middle of winter and deliberately lose your way
Similarly, there's a lot of wilderness in parts of the USA where you could disappear.

Would it be a pleasant death? Probably not.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

The hard part will be when you survive and have lost parts of your body to frostbite. Just ask Beck Weathers, the guy who survived the terrible blizzard at 27,000 feet on Mount Everest in 1996. Blinded and left for dead, he lost consciousness but miraculously found his way down to Camp IV but lost his nose, right hand and multiple fingers on his left hand.

Our bodies have an incredible survival instinct that is difficult to overcome and I certainly want you to think about it before attempting this.

It depends if you really want to die or not, if we keep overthinking like this about the survival instinct, about the downsides of every method and what could go wrong if we fail then we'll never kill ourselves, we have to take action and do a method if we really want to die, no matter what method it is. I heard about that case but that man probably had clothes that could keep him warm enough to survive and if I'm not mistaken he was inside a tent during the blizzard, so that might have increased his chances of survival. What about all the people from all around the world who died from hypothermia, be it on top of mountains, in forests, in cities? If so many people died from this then the method can work. As I said in my original post, it depends on several factors how the method will work and how fast someone can get hypothermia

 

[MyShadow]

I reckon that if you're determined, you can accomplish it.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

Any other opinions about this method? Do you think it would work the way I described it in my original post? Also what other things could be done to make the method work? I think the way I described it can work but I'm curious what others think about this

 

[TheEmptyVoid]

If you go outside during winter when it's very cold then you could die from hypothermia although there are several factors that can determine how the method might work and how fast or slow you get hypothermia. The temperatures should at least be below 0 degrees Celsius, the colder it is the faster hypothermia can set in, the type of clothes you wear are important, if you wear insulated clothes that are meant to keep you warm then the method might not work or at least it will take longer to get hypothermia so it's better to wear thin clothes that aren't insulated so that you get hypothermia faster, I heard that if you're wet then the process of getting hypothermia can be even faster than usual. If a person is thin then it might also help to get cold faster, while if someone is fat then it might take longer. If you go to a mountain during winter, maybe even on top of a mountain while wearing very thin clothes, like only a shirt and trousers, and if no one finds and saves you then you'll most likely die from hypothermia, depending on how cold it is symptoms of it can start to happen in just a few hours. I think the biggest downside or risk to this method is frostbite, you'll most likely get frostbite if temperatures are very low and if you don't cover the areas where frostbite happens, if someone finds you before you die then you'll suffer the consequences from that along with other health problems that can happen from hypothermia, that's why it's very important to not be found and saved by anyone, for this you should go to a remote place where there aren't many people that usually go there, that's why the top of a mountain can make the method more effective. It probably doesn't have to be Everest mountain, it can be one with lower altitudes, a mountain with an altitude of 2000 meters should be enough. If the temperatures are at least below 0 degrees, if they reach -10 degrees Celsius or even lower, if it's windy and if you have very thin clothes then hypothermia should set in pretty fast.

This method can be done in a city or outside of a city as well, it doesn't have to be necessarily on a mountain but it depends on how cold it can get in the city you do it and as I said before, it's very important to not be found and saved by someone.

I know it's not a peaceful method since you have to endure very cold temperatures until you die but few methods are peaceful, many methods have their own levels of pain or discomfort so it depends on each person on what method they prefer and on what they have accesible to them. I don't think it's necessarily a painful death, I think there are other much more painful or brutal ways of dying than this but I know that it can be very uncomfortable to endure all that cold until you die. It's not really about how peaceful it is but about accesiblity, if you're in a place where it gets cold outside during winter or if you can go to a place where it gets very cold then this method is pretty accesible and not very difficult to do. Obviously you have to be determined to do this method, like many other methods if you start this then there's no going back so you have to be sure you want to die. Many people from all around the world died from hypothermia so that's proof that the method can work.

What do you think about this and what other things could make the method work in your opinion?

And you'd want to be freezing to death rather than getting severe hypothermia because you can be saved from extra corporeal rewarming technique for hours after cardiac arrest in severe hypothermia and freezing literally alive to death would make your cells form ice crystals and when you are rewarmed your organs are already damaged permenantly and you can't be back to life depending on how long you are in the freezing cold.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

And you'd want to be freezing to death rather than getting severe hypothermia because you can be saved from extra corporeal rewarming technique for hours after cardiac arrest in severe hypothermia and freezing literally alive to death would make your cells form ice crystals and when you are rewarmed your organs are already damaged permenantly and you can't be back to life depending on how long you are in the freezing cold.

What's the difference between freezing to death and severe hypothermia, aren't they the same thing? How do you literally freeze to death? I don't think there's something that could make your body literally into ice. People died from severe hypothermia so I think that's lethal enough, if you're not found and saved by someone then getting severe hypothermia should work

 

[Rev346]

I remember hearing stories about people that got so drunk that they thought they were warm and took off all their clothes in the winter and ended up freezing to death. A google search on this should provide case studies and verification if being intoxicated "helps".

 

[Jello Biafra]

I don't think the issue is whether it's possible or not - it certainly is.

What it would boil down to for me is probabilities. And there is a good probability that you would survive.

Gambling on those kind of odds, when the risk is ending up with all the same problems you have now, but compounded with possibly horrible physical issues, would be too big a risk to take for me at least. Just my opinion though.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

I don't think the issue is whether it's possible or not - it certainly is.

What it would boil down to for me is probabilities. And there is a good probability that you would survive.

Gambling on those kind of odds, when the risk is ending up with all the same problems you have now, but compounded with possibly horrible physical issues, would be too big a risk to take for me at least. Just my opinion though.

Why do you think there's a good probability you would survive, based on what do you think that? One of the most important things is to not be found and saved by someone, if that doesn't happen then you die. There are also other important things such as how cold it is, what type of clothes you wear, the things I described in the original post. If you take all these things into consideration then the method should work. The risk of failure is with many methods so it depends if you want to take that risk or not

 

[LackOfDetermination]

It would probably be best to jump in extremely cold water during the winter, since it would also drown you and the cold would cramp up your muscles so you can't swim.
Also, don't your limbs go numb once hypothermia sets in? At least in my experiences in extremely cold states, I only felt the cold to a certain point before my limbs went numb, and that was far before hypothermia.

 

[quietwoods]

I see you're back to this method.

How much have you experimented with this method outside online research? I'm not talking about being in cold places before, I'm talking about being in a cold, frigid place, with no or limited sources of warmth and insulation, feeling the warmth leave your body and knowing you are dying or will die?

Ignoring lethality, ignoring possibility, I need to reiterate again that you are not going to be able to overcome survival instinct.

The need to manage your temperature is a core biological function that you will not be able to override, just like breathing and eating/drinking.

So your options are: jumping in a freezing lake, heavily sedating yourself with benzos/opioids/blackout drunk, or getting yourself so far from civilization and help that your SI won't be able to save you, which will be an extremely unpleasant death.

Don't overestimate your tolerance of discomfort.

What are your plans to test or experiment with this method to ensure it's actually something you want to do?

 

[Jello Biafra]

Why do you think there's a good probability you would survive, based on what do you think that? One of the most important things is to not be found and saved by someone, if that doesn't happen then you die. There are also other important things such as how cold it is, what type of clothes you wear, the things I described in the original post. If you take all these things into consideration then the method should work. The risk of failure is with many methods so it depends if you want to take that risk or not

I'm not saying it's impossible, I just think you would need an extraordinary amount of willpower to put up with a lot of miserable pain, over many, many hours. And I'm basing that on the fact that many people have survived hypothermic situations for several days.

This is just my opinion, I'm not claiming I'm right and you're wrong or anything. I guess sometimes I make the mistake of trying to imagine myself in that kind of situation, where it's possible that you suffer over the course of days, and given how miserable extreme cold can be, I just know if it was me personally, if I did die, it would probably be from giving up and trying desperately to get out of there. Especially when your extremities are throbbing from pain/numbness, I know 15 minutes can feel like hours, and the thought of putting up with that for a long time seems torturous to me.

Like I said, we are all different, and you might have the determination to put up with a lot more than I could.

Best of luck.

 

[shiba]

That sounds like a miserable way to go, but the worst part is that if SI takes over or you're rescued, you may have to amputate parts of your body due to frostbite.

Good luck if you're set on this, I admire anyone who takes a unique approach to it.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

I see you're back to this method.

How much have you experimented with this method outside online research? I'm not talking about being in cold places before, I'm talking about being in a cold, frigid place, with no or limited sources of warmth and insulation, feeling the warmth leave your body and knowing you are dying or will die?

Ignoring lethality, ignoring possibility, I need to reiterate again that you are not going to be able to overcome survival instinct.

The need to manage your temperature is a core biological function that you will not be able to override, just like breathing and eating/drinking.

So your options are: jumping in a freezing lake, heavily sedating yourself with benzos/opioids/blackout drunk, or getting yourself so far from civilization and help that your SI won't be able to save you, which will be an extremely unpleasant death.

Don't overestimate your tolerance of discomfort.

What are your plans to test or experiment with this method to ensure it's actually something you want to do?

I haven't experimented with this method, I haven't decided yet what method to do but this method is an option. Survival instinct is there for many methods so it depends if you really want to die. Many methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, their own levels of pain and discomfort, it depends on what each person prefers and what they have available. I know this isn't a peaceful method but I think there are many ways of dying that are much worse than this. Few methods are peaceful, there aren't really many options so we have to do what we can with what is available

 

[quietwoods]

I haven't experimented with this method, I haven't decided yet what method to do but this method is an option. Survival instinct is there for many methods so it depends if you really want to die. Many methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, their own levels of pain and discomfort, it depends on what each person prefers and what they have available. I know this isn't a peaceful method but I think there are many ways of dying that are much worse than this. Few methods are completely peaceful, there aren't really many options so we have to do what we can with what is available

Yes yes we're all well aware of this.

There's a huge difference between SI that you can and can't override.

This isn't stabbing yourself or pulling a trigger. This is attempting to override millions of years of evolution.

It's going to hit like a freight train unless you are unconscious to experience it.

You're either going to survive with severe injuries or spend your last hour(s) in a state of extreme panic and terror as you slowly die.

This isn't a maybe, this is the guaranteed outcome. I've experienced it personally myself.

There's a reason why this is considered largely a non-method. Hanging is by far a better method and I would consider that personally a last resort option.

Please don't attempt this without experimenting first, I don't want to see you as another permanent injury statistic.

 

[Jello Biafra]

I haven't experimented with this method, I haven't decided yet what method to do but this method is an option. Survival instinct is there for many methods so it depends if you really want to die. Many methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, their own levels of pain and discomfort, it depends on what each person prefers and what they have available. I know this isn't a peaceful method but I think there are many ways of dying that are much worse than this. Few methods are peaceful, there aren't really many options so we have to do what we can with what is available

You are correct that SI is there regardless of what method you choose.

However, in the case of hypothermia, you would theoretically have to resist SI for (possibly) several days - hour after hour, maybe day after day, you would need the willpower to resist SI.

Whereas with other methods, such as hanging or SN for example, you deal with SI for a very limited time, ie., right before you commit the act.

To me, that's a big difference.

 

[quietwoods]

You are correct that SI is there regardless of what method you choose.

However, in the case of hypothermia, you would theoretically have to resist SI for (possibly) several days - hour after hour, maybe day after day, you would need the willpower to resist SI.

Whereas with other methods, such as hanging or SN for example, you deal with SI for a very limited time, ie., right before you commit the act.

To me, that's a big difference.

You cannot resist this type of SI with willpower. Your body will pump you full of norepinephrine and make you move when it realizes your core temperature is dropping.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

Yes yes we're all well aware of this.

There's a huge difference between SI that you can and can't override.

This isn't stabbing yourself or pulling a trigger. This is attempting to override millions of years of evolution.

It's going to hit like a freight train unless you are unconscious to experience it.

You're either going to survive with severe injuries or spend your last hour(s) in a state of extreme panic and terror as you slowly die.

This isn't a maybe, this is the guaranteed outcome. I've experienced it personally myself.

There's a reason why this is considered largely a non-method. Hanging is by far a better method and I would consider that personally a last resort option.

Please don't attempt this without experimenting first, I don't want to see you as another permanent injury statistic.

It's considered largely a non method by who, by people on this forum? That's not saying much really when there's a lot of misinformation, confusion, fear mongering, this place isn't really all that useful when it comes to methods, yes there are a lot of useful informations but there are also a lot of misinformations and confusion, I would say the confusion is sometimes even deliberately done because there maybe are people here who want to create confusion and putting fear in others, I'm not saying this about you specifically, that's just what I noticed sometimes here. I'm aware that hypothermia isn't a peaceful method and of the risks of it. There are risks of failure with hanging as well, I don't really trust myself doing that method correctly and it can be very painful from what I've read here. It depends on each person on what they prefer and what options they have available

 

[Jello Biafra]

You cannot resist this type of SI with willpower. Your body will pump you full of norepinephrine and make you move when it realizes your core temperature is dropping.

I agree with you.

As I stated in the post you quoted, resisting SI would be a minute by minute affair, over what could possible be days of time. Further, when you are miserable, time slows down. So every hour is going to feel like 4 hours, etc. Being able to resist an incredible urge to end such a long and drawn out misery would be a feat that I think few people could accomplish.

And given that plenty of people have in fact survived hypothermic situations, the odds that this method would work are just extremely low for me.

It's considered largely a non method by who, by people on this forum? That's not saying much really when there's a lot of misinformation, confusion, fear mongering, this place isn't really all that useful when it comes to methods, yes there are a lot of useful informations but there are also a lot of misinformations and confusion, I would say the confusion is sometimes even deliberately done because there maybe are people here who want to create confusion and putting fear in others, I'm not saying this about you specifically, that's just what I noticed sometimes here. I'm aware that hypothermia isn't a peaceful method and of the risks of it. There are risks of failure with hanging as well, I don't really trust myself doing that method correctly and it can be very painful from what I've read here. It depends on each person on what they prefer and what options they have available

It's not fear mongering, it's harm reduction. It's trying to prevent someone from ending up with all of the same problems they have now, but compounded by having even worse problems.

Nobody is trying to stop you from doing what you want to do, but when you make a post asking for people's opinions, opinions you will get.

I mean, what's the alternative? Did you expect people to just say "go for it!" and then have you end up still alive but having to have some limbs amputated?

I am not saying what you are trying to do is impossible. I'm encouraging you to weigh the probabilities, or odds, that it would be successful, versus what you have to risk. That's all.

As I don't want to turn this in to an argument, I will leave the thread and wish you the best.

 

[quietwoods]

It's considered largely a non method by who, by people on this forum? That's not saying much really when there's a lot of misinformation, confusion, fear mongering, this place isn't really all that useful when it comes to methods, yes there are a lot of useful informations but there are also a lot of misinformations and confusion, I would say the confusion is sometimes even deliberately done because there maybe are people here who want to create confusion and putting fear in others, I'm not saying this about you specifically, that's just what I noticed sometimes here. I'm aware that hypothermia isn't a peaceful method and of the risks of it. There are risks of failure with hanging as well, I don't really trust myself doing that method correctly and it can be very painful from what I've read here. It depends on each person on what they prefer and what options they have available

Yes.

Every method has risks. Every method can fail.

No one has been disputing that.

This one just has more risks and more failure than others.

I'm speaking from experience. I doubt there are more than a handful of people here with more experience than me on how this will play out.

I've backpacked and slept in below freezing conditions for hundreds of miles and 50+ nights. I've been in near-hypothermic conditions.

I consider this a non-method. This is not fear-mongering, this is hard-won experience.

Unless you're following one of the three things I've mentioned above, and at that point a very risky method.

 

[I Me & Myself]

I remember hearing stories about people that got so drunk that they thought they were warm and took off all their clothes in the winter and ended up freezing to death. A google search on this should provide case studies and verification if being intoxicated "helps".

More info on this: Everyone experiencing severe hypothermia will get to the paradoxical stage, no matter if you are drunk or not.

Your body will stop pumping blood to extremities, focusing on your body Stem. You'll feel warm and compelled to undress, while you are freezing to death.

Getting drunk still has a benefit. It widens your blood vessels, making hypothermia set in faster. You'll also feel paradoxically warm at first, but you'll feel cold again until you actually enter the paradoxical stage of hypothermia.

There is a high chance at surviving if you're found, though with great losses. You can be Reanimated for a long time after freezing, your body is resourceful. Unless you have a clearly visible legal DNR! DNRs are important people....

I also just wanna agree with everyone. This takes a lot of willpower and has risks of survivability. Especially if you're in an area that isn't completely rural

 

[Sinful]

As someone who has gotten very close to a frostbite I can tell you that this ain't it. Your body WILL try to stay alive at all costs, whether you like it or not. It will be extraordinarily unpleasant and torturous way to go.

Should you get rescued, whoo boy! You'll be in a world of pain and probably end up as an amputee (+ a little "extra" if you are a man; extremities get frostbite first).

Something like self-immolation would be more humane way to go compared to this. At least it burns all your nerve endings relatively quick as your blood and internal organs start boiling.

There is a reason why methods that cause suffering and have relatively high chance of suffering and/or traumatize unnecessary are called non-methods. Last thing a person in a position where they are catching the bus needs is extra torture and chance to end up disfigured or as a bedridden vegetable.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

I agree with you.

As I stated in the post you quoted, resisting SI would be a minute by minute affair, over what could possible be days of time. Further, when you are miserable, time slows down. So every hour is going to feel like 4 hours, etc. Being able to resist an incredible urge to end such a long and drawn out misery would be a feat that I think few people could accomplish.

And given that plenty of people have in fact survived hypothermic situations, the odds that this method would work are just extremely low for me.


It's not fear mongering, it's harm reduction. It's trying to prevent someone from ending up with all of the same problems they have now, but compounded by having even worse problems.

Nobody is trying to stop you from doing what you want to do, but when you make a post asking for people's opinions, opinions you will get.

I mean, what's the alternative? Did you expect people to just say "go for it!" and then have you end up still alive but having to have some limbs amputated?

I am not saying what you are trying to do is impossible. I'm encouraging you to weigh the probabilities, or odds, that it would be successful, versus what you have to risk. That's all.

As I don't want to turn this in to an argument, I will leave the thread and wish you the best.

I think people surviving from hypothermia for several days is a bit of a stretch, if they survived hypothermic situations then they probably weren't in cold enough temperatures and didn't have severe hypothermia, maybe they also had clothes that could keep them warm enough to survive. There are several factors that have to be taken into consideration with this method, how cold it is, the type of clothes someone wears, even someone's weight, if a person is more skinny then it can take faster to get hypothermia compared to someone with more fat on them, alcohol can make you get hypothermia faster as well although it's not a necessity, you can get hypothermia even without drinking. If it's very cold outside, let's say around -10 degrees Celsius, or even a few degrees below 0 degrees Celsius, if you don't have clothes that are insulated and can keep you warm then you can get hypothermia in a few hours, after symptoms set in then it will gradually get into the later stages and into severe hypothermia, it won't take long to get to that stage, probably several hours, maybe close to one day but when severe hypothermia sets in then you don't have long left until you die, but as I said it depends on several factors that can influence this method

 

[Raindancer]

I have considered this method. I actually recently was watching mountain climbing videos and was astonished at how difficult it was for some of the mishaps to die of hypothermia. Some people not only in the cold. But lack of oxygen came out of situations that they shouldn't have. Granted these are people usually in top peak condition and have the appropriate clothes. But one of the porters was just running some rope up to some sherpas and only had a coat and no gloves and fell. He broke his legs so couldn't be rescued. It took him about 2 days to die of hypothermia. I think being wet would almost be required.

 

[quietwoods]

More info on this: Everyone experiencing severe hypothermia will get to the paradoxical stage, no matter if you are drunk or not.

Your body will stop pumping blood to extremities, focusing on your body Stem. You'll feel warm and compelled to undress, while you are freezing to death.

Getting drunk still has a benefit. It widens your blood vessels, making hypothermia set in faster. You'll also feel paradoxically warm at first, but you'll feel cold again until you actually enter the paradoxical stage of hypothermia.

There is a high chance at surviving if you're found, though with great losses. You can be Reanimated for a long time after freezing, your body is resourceful. Unless you have a clearly visible legal DNR! DNRs are important people....

I also just wanna agree with everyone. This takes a lot of willpower and has risks of survivability. Especially if you're in an area that isn't completely rural

As a note, pretty much every emergency medical personnel in existence will ignore a DNR, even if you have a hundred copies around you and the text tattooed on your skin. Their job is to save you.

DNRs are only worthwhile if you expect to die in a care setting like a hospital or hospice. And not the emergency room in a hospital.

And even then it is dicey. I've read stories on here of nurses and doctors ignoring clearly on-file DNRs and family members aggressively having to demand doctors respect the patient's DNR.

Medical professional don't want to be held responsible for a patient dying on their watch.

In most scenarios for people here the time and effort (and suspicion) of getting a DNR is not worth it.

 

[iwantitalltoend]

I have considered this method. I actually recently was watching mountain climbing videos and was astonished at how difficult it was for some of the mishaps to die of hypothermia. Some people not only in the cold. But lack of oxygen came out of situations that they shouldn't have. Granted these are people usually in top peak condition and have the appropriate clothes. But one of the porters was just running some rope up to some sherpas and only had a coat and no gloves and fell. He broke his legs so couldn't be rescued. It took him about 2 days to die of hypothermia. I think being wet would almost be required.

Maybe that coat that person had was enough to keep him alive for 2 days, it also depends how cold it was while he was there for 2 days, and if it was during winter or a different season. I wonder at what mountain that happened. If it was cold enough then surviving for 2 days is a bit too much, at night during winter and especially in a mountainous region it gets even colder than during the day. Maybe the coat he had was enough and maybe there were other factors that made him survive that long, such as his physical health. Being wet isn't required, you can get hypothermia without being wet but it can speed up the process of getting hypothermia, also the weather being windy can speed up the process

 

[I Me & Myself]

As a note, pretty much every emergency medical personnel in existence will ignore a DNR, even if you have a hundred copies around you and the text tattooed on your skin. Their job is to save you.

DNRs are only worthwhile if you expect to die in a care setting like a hospital or hospice. And not the emergency room in a hospital.

And even then it is dicey. I've read stories on here of nurses and doctors ignoring clearly on-file DNRs and family members aggressively having to demand doctors respect the patient's DNR.

Medical professional don't want to be held responsible for a patient dying on their watch.

In most scenarios for people here the time and effort (and suspicion) of getting a DNR is not worth it.

Oh wow I did not know that! I could only speak from my own experience as an EMT in my country, which may be different. Thanks for sharing