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[*] posted on 12-13-2008 at 09:04 AM


It woud be so easy to get lost in Catavina.... My wife and I were camping in San Ignacio and I went for a small hike ... and after about 20 minutes of walking I got lost and didn't know what direction to take to get back to camp. I was lost for about an hour before I made it back to a recognizable part of town and then back to camp. I can imagine that walking around the desert in Catavina is much worse.
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[*] posted on 12-13-2008 at 01:27 PM


There is an article about this event in ensenada.net. I cannot cut or paste the article but it is interesting. the fellow survived 6 days!



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puzzled.gif posted on 12-13-2008 at 02:26 PM
How do they know?


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Originally posted by bacquito
the fellow survived 6 days!


Did he leave a note?




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[*] posted on 12-14-2008 at 04:43 PM


Italiano Giardella, sobrevivíó seis días.

Por Elizabeth Vargas

Perdido en el desierto, racionando sus escasos alimentos, intentando extraer agua de un cactus, el Italiano Antonio Giardella luchó hasta el último momento por sobrevivir, con la esperanza de ser encontrado en un sitio donde nadie lo buscó y en donde se estima que se mantuvo vivo al menos seis días antes de morir.

Giardella había viajado a Baja California en busca de la historia agreste que guarda la península y que habla de misiones, de pinturas rupestres, de paisajes desérticos y especies únicas. Uno de esos puntos era Cataviña, un punto ubicado al centro de la península, a 550 kilómetros al sur de Ensenada, la cabecera municipal.


Su historia final, quedó documentada en una parte, gracias a su cámara fotográfica, la que lo acompañó hasta su muerte y con la que se puede determinar un lapso de 14 horas entre las 10 y media de la mañana del 8 de julio del 2008 y la madrugada del día 9, donde algo muy grave le ocurrió, ya que a partir del 9 de julio, las fotografías que se toman, tienen un ángulo donde el fotógrafo parece que ya no esta en pie.


Simona Giardella su hermana y Paolo Bazzoli su cuñado tuvieron que encabezar la búsqueda, desesperados ante los pocos resultados logrados por quienes como residentes del sitio, tuvieron mas posibilidad de buscar y encontrar a su hermano, pero al parecer no lo hicieron con el mismo ahínco.


A Simona se le quiebra la voz y se le humedecen los ojos cuando recuerda el tercer día de búsqueda el 8 de diciembre, cinco meses después del extravío, que fue cuando finalmente localizaron la osamenta de su hermano.


La encontraron en una zona que los lugareños conocen como “El aguaje del caballo” un arroyo que aunque llega a las Pinturas Rupestres, no es el principal de la zona, donde meses atrás lo buscaron junto con protección civil, llegando a un escaso kilómetro donde finalmente hallaron los restos.


Simona, explica que ella no podía creer que fuera Antonio, porque los restos eran de la parte del tórax, que luego tomó forma pero que ella pensaba pertenecían a alguien mas bajo, su hermano medía 1.88 de altura, pero finalmente las ropas halladas junto a los restos despejaron la duda, así como sus propiedades intactas.


Los rastros dejados por Antonio antes de morir, hablan de su intención de luchar hasta el último, para sobrevivir, tomando para ello, decisiones que debieron ser dramáticas.


Entre estas, se advierte, la apariencia de haber racionado su alimento, consistente en un paquete de pan dulce, una barra de dulce, una barra de crema para la resequedad de los labios, un recipiente metálico que siempre llevaba consigo con agua y una botella de agua mas, que finalmente se le acabaron por lo que optó por beber su propia orina para mantenerse hidratado.


La memoria de la cámara fue rescatada por Simona para saber que ocurrió con su hermano, ya que éste en sus travesías, acostumbraba fotografiar constantemente y documentar con ello sus viajes.


Aparecen así, fotos de su llegada a Cataviña, del poblado, de sus habitantes de las plantas y el paisaje del lugar, igual como había fotografiado antes otras ciudades de Europa y de África.


Su llegada fue el 7 de julio del 2008 y al día siguiente; el 8 de julio, inició su caminata muy temprano con rumbo a las pinturas rupestres donde tomó varias fotos, una de estas es el acceso a un arroyo a la orilla del cual finalmente en uno de sus afluentes fue localizado.


La última foto tomada con cuidado es del día 8 de julio del 2008 exactamente a las 10:36 de la mañana y luego hay 14 horas perdidas para generarse una nueva imagen a oscuras y sin flash el 9 de julio en la madrugada.


Esto lo repite en total con 270 imágenes, la mayoría oscuras e inteligibles, excepto de sus alimentos y agua.


Finalmente Antonio toma una foto mas, la última, el 13 de julio a las 1:51 de la mañana a escasos 200 metros del lugar donde finalmente se encontraron la mayor parte de sus restos cinco meses mas tarde.


Estos restos, se presume que tras morir Antonio, fueron desparramados en una amplia zona por los depredadores que habitan el desierto, como zorras, coyotes, pumas y aves de carroña.


¿Qué ocurrió? Simona busca una respuesta pero duda que la pueda encontrar en México, se presume que pudo picar a su hermano un animal ponzoñoso abundantes en el verano y en el desierto, serpientes o insectos.


Los agentes Ministeriales llevaron entre los objetos de su hermano dos recipientes con orina, que pudieran ser analizados por un especialista en busca de toxinas, hay restos del cabello que también pudieran servir.


Su hermano Antonio, señala Simona, era su mejor amigo junto con el que quedaron huérfanos siendo adolescentes, lo que hizo que entre ambos siempre se protegieran.


Su madre murió siendo ellos muy jovencitos y una tía de 74 años de edad ahora, es la que hizo el papel de madre, la que estaba desesperada por viajar a esta península para ayudar a buscar a su sobrino.


Antonio al morir tenía 39 años de edad, era un exitoso profesor de informática en Bresia una ciudad al norte de Italia y cumpliría 40 años el 24 de noviembre.


Hoy Simona esta en espera de recuperar los restos de Antonio, pero aun cuestiona porque en la comunidad no lo buscaron, porque inventaron historias de un viaje que nunca hizo de regreso a Ensenada, porque nadie rastreo las huellas y se planteó la búsqueda al lado opuesto donde finalmente, con cinco meses de muerto fue encontrado.




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[*] posted on 12-15-2008 at 11:21 AM


Bable Fish translation:

Its final history, was documented in a part, thanks to its camera, the one accompanied that it until its death and with which it is possible in the morning to be determined a lapse of 14 hours between 10 and the average one of the 8 of July of the 2008 and dawn of day 9, where something very serious happened to him, since from the 9 of July, photographies that are taken, they have an angle where the photographer seems that this no longer still on. Simona Giardella their sister and Paolo Bazzoli their brother-in-law had to head the search, desperate before the few obtained results by those who like residents of the site, had but possibility of looking for and of finding their brother, but apparently did not do it with the same zeal. To Simona him bankruptcy the voice and becomes damp the eyes to him when it remembers the third day search the 8 of December, five months after the deviation, that was when finally they located the bones of his brother. They found it in a zone that the villagers know like “the rising tide the horse” a stream that although arrives at Cave paintings, is not the main one of the zone, where months looked for back it along with civil defense, arriving at a little kilometer where finally they found the rest. Simona, explains that she could not think that outside Antonio, because the rest were of the part of the thorax, that soon took form but that she thought belonged to somebody but low, their brother measured 1,88 of height, but finally the clothes found next to the rest cleared the intact doubt, as well as its properties. The signs lazy by Antonio before dying, speak of their intention to fight until the last one, to survive, taking for it, decisions that had to be dramatic. Between these, it is noticed, the appearance of to have rationed his food, consisting of a sweet bread package, a candy bar, a cream bar for the resequedad of the lips, a metallic container that always took with himself with water and a water bottle but, that finally finished to him reason why it chose to drink his own urine to stay hydrated. The memory of the camera was rescued by Simona to know that it happened with his brother, since this one in its passages, was used to photographing constantly and documenting its trips in this way. They appear thus, photos of its arrival to Cataviña, the town, its inhabitants of the plants and the landscape of the place, equal since it had before photographed other cities of Europe and Africa. Its arrival was the 7 of July of the 2008 and on the following day; the 8 of July, initiated their very early long walk in the direction of cave paintings where it took several photos, one of these is the access to a stream to the border of which finally in one of his affluents it was located. The last photo taken with care is of day 8 of July of the 2008 exactly to the 10:36 in the morning and soon a new image and without July flash are 14 hours lost to be generated in the dark the 9 at dawn. It altogether repeats it to this with 270 images, the majority dark and intelligible, except of his foods and water. Finally Antonio takes a photo but, the last one, the 13 of to in the morning little July to the 1:51 200 meters of the place where finally were most of their rest five months later. These rest, are presumed that after dying Antonio, they were scattered in an ample zone by the predators that inhabit the desert, like vixens, coyotes, pumas and birds of carrion. What happened? Simona looks for an answer but doubt can find that it in Mexico, is presumed that it could prick to his abundant brother a ponzoñoso animal in the summer and the desert, serpents or insects. The Ministerial agents took between the objects of their brother two containers with urine, that could be analyzed by a specialist in search of toxins, are rest of the hair that also could serve. His Antonio brother, indicates Simona, was his better friend along with the one than they were orphaned being adolescent, which caused that it always enters both protected themselves. Her mother very died being they youngsters and an aunt of 74 years of age now, is the one that played the role of mother, the one that was desperate to travel to this peninsula to help to look for its nephew. Antonio when dying had 39 years of age, was a successful professor of computer science in Bresia a city to the north of Italy and would fulfill 40 years the 24 of November. Today Simona this awaiting recovering the rest of Antonio, but even questions because in the community they did not look for it, because they invented histories of a trip that never did from return to Cove, because nobody tracking the tracks and alongside considered the opposite search where finally, with five months of dead was found.
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