Back In The Woods

[augiebd]

Came across this story about a secret, well stocked backwoods campsite discovered by social distancing hikers.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/secret-camp-like-a-time-capsule-1.5513515

I appreciated this picture of the essential supplies. It seems 3 decades ago people with a secret retreat hidden away from all of society smoked Sail pipe tobacco. What is 29 year old Sail worth?

 

[seanv]

Pretty cool. Surprised it wasn't captain black

 

[carlomarx]

DB Cooper?

 

[verporchting]

We finally know what the topping flavor is on Sail - it’s “OFF!” Bug spray!

Knew I recognized that taste.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

DB Cooper?

LOL! It's funny you mention Cooper. A few weeks ago I was listening to the Kid Rock song Bawitdaba and one of the lines is:

"And to D.B. Cooper and the money he took"

This got me wondering, so I Googled it and found a documentary (link below) about him and his exploits.
It's an amazing story. One of the things that blew me away was in the early 1970's you could board a domestic flight in the US with no checks. You could be carrying a knife, a gun, a bomb, anything. I'm guessing things got tightened up after the spate of hijackings later in the decade.

D.B. Cooper was never caught. They estimated his age at the time of the skyjacking to be about 40, so today he'd be around 90.
If he didn't die that night and is still alive I wonder what he's up to? Maybe he's living quietly somewhere, maybe he smokes a pipe? Who knows? Maybe he even contributes to forums dedicated to his hobby? Maybe......

 

[shanez]

DB Cooper?

I was thinking Ted Kaczynski.

 

[scloyd]

Cool story. Thanks for posting.

 

[mso489]

I always suspected he didn't plan much beyond the parachute so didn't do so well after he landed, if he did so in reasonably good shape. There must have been a lot of feelers out for "a new man in town" beneath the drop zone buying a car with cash, etc. But it's fun to think of him living in a beach house in Jamaica with a good investment income and a kind Jamaican wife, or something like that, appealing to the outlaw in us all. Assuming that somehow the outlaw can go on to behave himself otherwise.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I always suspected he didn't plan much beyond the parachute so didn't do so well after he landed, if he did so in reasonably good shape. There must have been a lot of feelers out for "a new man in town" beneath the drop zone buying a car with cash, etc. But it's fun to think of him living in a beach house in Jamaica with a good investment income and a kind Jamaican wife, or something like that, appealing to the outlaw in us all. Assuming that somehow the outlaw can go on to behave himself otherwise.

He probably didn't live. In the documentary they tell you that some of his money was dug up a few years back, they think it was the river washed it up. You add that to the fact none of the bills ever came to the attention of the FBI and it all adds up to him drowning. But you never know.
I too like the idea of him getting away with it. He didn't physically harm anyone and the guy had plenty of courage and DEFINITELY thought outside the box, which I always admire.
The fact he was dressed in a black suit, was drinking bourbon & soda and chain smoking cigarettes during the flight makes me like him even more.