In a Whitehorse hospital following the pair’s rescue, Flores was the typical survivor of a Northern Canadian wilderness ordeal; emaciated, haggard and untalkative. Nutritionists generally advise against trying to lose weight through starvation, particularly at 140 pounds. I thought I still weighed 140 pounds,” she wrote. Only two years after Klaben’s rescue, a grossly obese Scotsman would make medical history when he vowed not to eat until he reached his normal weight. The pilot regularly pulled dead moose out of the woods, but Klaben was convinced that he would snap under her perceived bulk.

Source: National Post July 05, 2016 21:55 UTC