I'd like to make a suggestion for an on-line team approach to identifying possible locations this boy may have used for shelter. From what I've read, people instinctually search for some sort of shelter from the weather, and those shelters actually hinder rescuers from finding them.
In another lost person recently, an on-line forum was developed where individuals reviewed topographical maps, and suggested possible search locations to teams on the field.
I think this could be a particularly useful methodology given the training the scout had received. Those of you here on this f
