But his twin brother, Ryan, says Donn remembered something he'd learned in the Boy Scouts - to follow a stream, which he did. He'd lost his jeans and his shoes, was covered in mosquito bites and survived a tumble down an embankment and an encounter with black bears. SHARON: In the documentary "Finding Donn Fendler," Fendler describes nearly passing out from exhaustion on the day he was found more than 35 miles away. I don't know what it - like I told you, it's your will to live.
FENDLER: There were plenty of times I wanted to give up and just say, to heck with it, like those last few days. And for the next nine days, he was lost.ĭ. SHARON: Instead of waiting for his father and the rest of his hiking party to catch up, Fendler took off down the mountain. Nights when Ryan and Tom slept with only a sheet over them, Dad always came in with a blanket for me. This is the description from his book.ĭONN FENDLER: I was cold and shivering, and I never was good at standing cold anyway.
SUSAN SHARON, BYLINE: Donn Fendler's epic journey began near the summit of Mount Katahdin, Maine's tallest mountain.
Susan Sharon of Maine Public Radio reports his legacy lives on in the imaginations of thousands of children. Donn Fendler died over the weekend at the age of 90. He later wrote a book about the ordeal titled "Lost On A Mountain In Maine." It became a classic for grade school kids. When Donn Fendler was 12, he endured nine days alone in the Maine wilderness.
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