Post subject: guy tried to pull an into the wild....and failed
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:04 pm
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Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:53 pm Posts: 653 Location: San Antonio (HELL), TX Gender: Male
poor guy...... Found this on TMZ.
TMZ has learned former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner went missing in the California desert and his body was found yesterday.
Law enforcement tells us the 37-year-old went out into the desert near San Diego last Friday. That same day, Tanner sent a text message to a friend that he was out of water and needed help. There was a massive search that ended abruptly yesterday.
Tanner blogged last month he was going to the desert because of his friends talking about "treasure hunting and lost gold, and my own insatiable appetite for adventure and exploration." Tanner continued, "I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment could cost me my life."
Tanner's song of choice on his MySpace page was "Guaranteed" by Eddie Vedder from the movie "Into the Wild." The movie was about a guy who goes off into the wilderness against the advice of everyone he knows. Guess how it ended.
Tanner was featured on Spike TV's, "The Ultimate Fighter." He lost his last bout in June at the Ultimate Fighter 7 finale.
Post subject: Re: guy tried to pull an into the wild....and failed
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:22 pm
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That's sad to hear. I didn't know who he was, but I hope that he got the experience he was looking for before it came to an unfortunate end. Rest In Peace.
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Post subject: Re: guy tried to pull an into the wild....and failed
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:44 pm
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Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:30 am Posts: 6116 Location: NC
actually, I guess if he was really trying to pull an into the wild, than he succeeded.
but he wasn't. He said so himself in his blog, and I quote,
“This isn't a version of ‘Into the Wild,’” he wrote. “I'm not going out into the desert with a pair of shorts and a bowie knife, to try to live off the land. I'm going fully geared up, and I'm planning on having some fun.”
For anyone not familiar with him, you wouldn't regret taking 10 minutes and reading up a little bit on Evan Tanner's story.
Huge loss to the MMA community, and not just because of how great a fighter he was.
Post subject: Re: guy tried to pull an into the wild....and failed
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:57 am
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Another aquarius
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