Evan Tanner

[Susan]

http://mmamania.com/2008/09/08/evan-tan ... seriously/

[CPT]

Sad for him and his family, but I can't say I'm surprised. He seemed to be going off the deep end recently.

[funkatron101]

This is horrible. I've been reading about his struggles for two years now. I thought even with his losses he was turning his life around.

[cowboyronnie]

Evan sounded like an amazing, introspective guy.

He's lived a few lives worth of experiences, it sounds like. R.I.P.

[Cammo101]

This is terrible news. Tanner was one of those guys who was a consumate pro in the cage. He is one of the most underrated fighters in MMA history and despite being past his prime, I always rooted for him. Shame to see it end like this, but at least he went out doing what he liked to do.

[funkatron101]

The saddest part is that so many of this saw it coming. He's been battling demons for a while now. Even though the people around him said Evan was in a good place in his life, I wasn't shocked at all, just sad to see his story play out this way.

[spykelee]

It is a shame that in this society we've been taught to judge a man's worth by what he owns instead of who he is. Everything is surface, and so few look beyond it. A man will sell his soul, he will lie, cheat and steal, for money. If he has it, he can buy respect. Wear the right clothes, drive the right car, have the right friends, that's all that matters. Our lives are consumed in a selfish, self absorbed quest for possessions, the latest and the best in a never-ending cycle until the day we die. We forget what it means to be truly human. We forget the things that really matter. We lose the magic of what life should be.

I won't live by rules that make no sense to me.

- Evan Tanner

Tanner seems to me like a rugged kind of guy. A modern day hippie being the best thing I could liken him too. It is sad to see him go. Forget his professional career, I love people who apprecaite the true value of life as opposed to the constent quest of possensions. He died camping bringing only the bare essentials, knowing the risk. A simple man with simple pleasures. Rest in peace Mr. Tanner

[jTF2]

That pic sums it up perfectly (what a picture too!). Btw, his story has some parallels to the movie, Into the Wild.

[Blame Rasho]

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/9/11/61 ... ner-s-deat

Tanner arrived at his campsite on Sept. 3 and set out to Clapp Spring, about five miles away, the next morning, based on the GPS retrieved from his body, said Jeff Green, De Anza Rescue commander.

"Tanner had sent a friend a phone text message on Thursday afternoon stating that he was at Clapp Spring and had run out of water," said Green. "Tanner told his friend he would travel back to his camp at night, when it's the coldest, and to contact authorities if he wasn’t heard from by 8 a.m. Friday."

The campsite was found abandoned, with Tanner's motorcycle and additional provisions and water, at noon on Sept. 6.

"De Anza Rescue found Tanner's tracks at Clapp Spring early Saturday, confirming that he reached the area," said Keck. "We followed the trail until they lost it at the base of a mountain."

SAR Marines picked up the trail later that afternoon, before ending the day's search at nightfall, said Keck.

De Anza Rescue and station SAR continued to search the area on Sept. 7.

Imperial County Sherriff's Office called SAR Marines out again on Sept. 8. Yuma Marines spotted Tanner's body 1.2 miles away from his campsite at about 12:30 p.m., said Keck.

After the body was found, station SAR flew a coroner to the scene once he arrived from El Centro, Calif.

SAR Marines then airlifted the body to the nearby town of Palo Verde, Calif., where the body was released to the coroner.

The coroner determined the time of death to be between late night on Sept. 4 and the morning of Sept. 5, and the cause of death to be heat exposure, said Green.

[cowboyronnie]

heat exposure, oh God. that's got to be total misery.