Plane missing en route YCAB?

[ramble on]

I only mention this for the inexperienced (or foolhardy) please dont flame me...add your tips if you wish

In your toolbox, if (heaven forbid) you ever get yourself in this position (in cloud, in a VFR aircraft, scared and disoriented) where your immediate future looks like a loss of control and a high speed spiral into the ground;

1. Select throttles to idle.
2. Slowly trim full nose up.
3. Let go of the yolk.
4. Keep a constant heading with your feet - the rudder.

And pray the you get visual before you hit the trees. Practice it at height in your light aircraft in VMC.

I see a compass in his cockpit another solution would have been to DR east to the ocean and let down slowly and carefully.