avid hikers have this weird assumption that a trail which is "easy" for them should be easy for anyone, even if that person hasn't hiked in years, or ever. so the seasoned hikers dart off ahead and leave the beginners behind, expecting that they'll catch up, which they usually do. until they don't.
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These kind of people are assholes. 90% of the time I am the one who organises the hikes and it is my responsibility to slow down to the groups speed according to our slowest member. Wanna bolt off? You’re welcome. See you at the next crossing. Because you sure as shit have no idea where we are heading. I am also extremely pedantic with drinking. I make mandatory water breaks in which I won’t shut up until the last member hydrated himself.
For people who can’t follow these two easy rules: Eat my ass and stop inviting others. You clearly only go on hiking trips to impress others of what a fucking lone wolf you are. Cocksucker.
I also find a lot of hikers seem to want to move at mach speed on trails. Gods forbid that you actually take the time to look around and enjoy the nature you are passing through.
I’ve been guilty of this myself. Not the leaving behind bit but taking someone on a trail that I thought was easy but wasn’t particularly fun for them. I felt like a massive asshole afterwards when we got to the end of the loop and they were spent.
hiking uphill or over rough terrain, or both, is an entirely different monster than just climbing a lot of stairs. that's why they invented stairs lol
I was taught that the fastest person in the group stays in the rear, and always thought this was a common rule. Isn't it?
Wouldn’t that make them the slowest in the group, given they’ll arrive last?
No, the order or arrival within a group has nothing to do with individual speed.
Pretty sure that’s how speed works. Assuming everyone starts at the same place and takes the same route, whoever arrives last is the slowest.
He endured stormy weather and multiple falls before being found in a "large search effort" the next morning. He was stabilised and taken to hospital, but there has been no further updates
Eventually, the missing man recovered enough phone signal to make an emergency call, and he was located in a gully.
He reported that he had fallen at least 20 times and was left unable to get up.
People forget that the wilderness of the American West can, and will, straight up kill you.
Totally irresponsible for his group to let him wander off alone and then leave him there.