DRC Ashley Judd Hmmmm......

10 March 2021, 05:07

N. Garrett

Something seems off about this story.
A lot of you probably heard that the actress Ashley Judd broke her leg (pretty severely-no joke) in DRC. Her “partner” is involved in some sort of bonobos primate research there, and she broke her leg while hiking pre-dawn near the research center.
This is where it gets odd: she says it took them 5 hours to find her. Apparently, a tracker was with her for at least part of the time. She got evacuated to Joburg, where a surgeon re-established decent arterial perfusion of her leg, and then a medi-jet back to the US for instrumentation/fixation of the leg.
So what’s odd to me is that she’s hiking in the dark, unaccompanied, in DRC, no walkie-talkie or sat phone, and then it takes them 5 hours to find her.
If it were someone else (and of course I’m not implying anything here) I might think “accidental tourist gets drunk, lost outside of camp and is found hours later”.
Anyone know what really happened from sources in DRC? Just curious.

10 March 2021, 05:50

Atkinson

and who cares about that liberal little tart, she is a disgusting brat. Her rant at the Trump presidential election was a disgrace..

10 March 2021, 05:54

Todd Williams

quote:
Originally posted by Atkinson:
and who cares about that liberal little tart, she is a disgusting brat. Her rant at the Trump presidential election was a disgrace..

^^^ THIS!!! ^^^

10 March 2021, 06:42

Saeed

All these Hollywood Bimbos doing is gratifying themselves by going to Africa.

The "LOOK AT ME" crowd.

We can all do without them, whether they are from Hollywood or the hunting industry!

10 March 2021, 07:07

DCS Member

I thought she looked good like 20 years ago in “Double Jeopardy” but that was it. Has she done anything since?

10 March 2021, 16:11

wwgreener

I think extra drama was added to her "story".

10 March 2021, 17:34

K Evans

Does seem strange...my wife and I were in DRC in 2019, also at a primate rescue center. I sure as hell wouldn’t be taking a “pre-dawn“ hike.

10 March 2021, 18:06

BushPeter

quote:
Originally posted by N. Garrett:
Something seems off about this story.
A lot of you probably heard that the actress Ashley Judd broke her leg (pretty severely-no joke) in DRC. Her “partner” is involved in some sort of bonobos primate research there, and she broke her leg while hiking pre-dawn near the research center.
This is where it gets odd: she says it took them 5 hours to find her. Apparently, a tracker was with her for at least part of the time. She got evacuated to Joburg, where a surgeon re-established decent arterial perfusion of her leg, and then a medi-jet back to the US for instrumentation/fixation of the leg.
So what’s odd to me is that she’s hiking in the dark, unaccompanied, in DRC, no walkie-talkie or sat phone, and then it takes them 5 hours to find her.
If it were someone else (and of course I’m not implying anything here) I might think “accidental tourist gets drunk, lost outside of camp and is found hours later”.
Anyone know what really happened from sources in DRC? Just curious.

What I understood is that it took 5 hours on the back of a motor to get her to a town with some form of medical care, and I'm sure she would have been with a tracker at the time of the incident, trackers are always present. But as far as Bonobo or other great ape research in the Congo, I think they do pretty hardcore stuff. And yes, probably without walkie-talkie as there is no radio network and distances are too big, they would probably keep sat phones but I can imagine keeping those going in a rainforest for months on end might be a challenge. They probably use in-reach gps's these days.
But still, if you're hours away from camp and something happens, and you send a message to camp to come and get you, it will take hours to get to you, and then hours to get you out. And probably a decent amount of time to assemble equipment and people in camp to get to you.

10 March 2021, 19:53

Atkinson

Im sure she had a washtub full of pain killers, legal and illegal as a matter of fact!

10 March 2021, 20:19

nopride2

Who cares.

Dave

10 March 2021, 23:07

Use Enough Gun

quote:
Who cares.

^^^^^^^^^^^
This

11 March 2021, 00:48

crbutler

I don’t wish her personal I’ll...

But it is certainly easy enough to take a walk around camp on your own when I’ve been hunting in Africa. I let someone know and take a rifle, but I’ve never been told that I had to have an escort... except when hunting. Occasionally I’ve been told it’s not a good idea (and they always say why), and that’s the end of it... then I don’t do it. All it takes is mutual respect for others.

11 March 2021, 04:37

Todd Williams

quote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
quote:
Who cares.

^^^^^^^^^^^
This

11 March 2021, 05:18

Big Wonderful Wyoming

I remember when she was good looking.

Beyond that, I checked and I don't care.

11 March 2021, 05:41

clayman216

ANOTHER Hollywood elitist counter culture warrior show how stupid she is. NICE !

11 March 2021, 05:44

N. Garrett

BushPeter,

That would make sense, but read her account again.
After she broke her leg she laid on the forest floor for 5 hours before they "found" her. A tracker names Papa Jean found her, then got help. After that they improvised a hammock carry, and it took 3 hours to reach camp. Then the motorbike ride was 6 hours to a medavac station.
Very odd.

11 March 2021, 05:50

LHeym500

I have no dog in this fight.

But I would say any of us who sport hunt, shoot guns, eat game are the new counter culture.

11 March 2021, 06:07

Michael Robinson

quote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
All these Hollywood Bimbos doing is gratifying themselves by going to Africa.

The "LOOK AT ME" crowd.

We can all do without them, whether they are from Hollywood or the hunting industry!

Yup.

11 March 2021, 07:02

lavaca

I'm kind of in the "who cares" crowd and it all seems fishy. If her boyfriend really is involved in Bonobo research in DRC, she should know better than to wander around in the dark unaccompanied. The evacuation story seems a little overdramatic, but I'm back to why should I care?

11 March 2021, 09:15

lavaca

Was she the shoplifting chick, or am I mixing up so-called celebrities?

11 March 2021, 09:25

LHeym500

The shoplifter was Winoya Ryder who started in Girl Interrupted.

Ashley Judd is the sister to the mother daughter country duo called the Judds.

Ashley Judd filtered with running against Mitch McConnell, and gave speeches on KY college campuses against coal production.

Ashley Judd was in Heat. She played Val Kimler’s characters wife.

11 March 2021, 09:39

lavaca

I stand corrected and apologize for any offense.

11 March 2021, 09:43

lavaca

Still don't care.

11 March 2021, 09:48

LHeym500

No offense was taken.

11 March 2021, 21:04

headhunter130

I have met and talked to her in person. She is a dishonest, worthless individual who blames her mom and sister for everything and says they ruined her life. She is far from a nice person.

18 March 2021, 20:07

MacD37

...................Amazing!

...............Some very nice people on this websight!
.........................

MacD37

18 March 2021, 20:31

packrattusnongratus

Bimbo is as Bimbo does Mac. Be Well, Packy.

19 March 2021, 04:40

df06

quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
quote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
quote:
Who cares.

^^^^^^^^^^^
This

+1