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You can get injured or killed if you are foolish or unlucky. The term "inherently dangerous" is generally reserved for those situations where even a skilled and
by mannykannot 6y ago
You can get injured or killed if you are foolish or unlucky. The term "inherently dangerous" is generally reserved for those situations where even a skilled and knowledgable person is facing a significant risk; the term would be meaningless if expanded in the way you are trying here.
- ethbro 6y agoThe only way in which hiking is "inherently dangerous" is if you equate that term to include "situations in which I may have to depend solely upon myself." In an objective appraisal of risk, actual danger is negligible with: (1) water, (2) compass, (3) mylar blanket, (4) rudimentary knowledge of surrounding topography, roads, and settled areas, (5) first aid kit equipped to stop blood loss, & (6) bear spray.
- Someone 6y agoI’m not a hiker, but I miss (0) telling people where you’re going and when you expect to report back. Without it, even a sprained ankle can be deadly.
- maxbond 6y agoSkilled hikers do die all of the time. Here's a random example from the top of my head. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11645318&ref=NZH_FBpage http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&obje... tl;dr woman who had walked the Appalachian trail multiple times leaves the trail to pee, never finds her way back to the trail.
- mannykannot 6y agoI'm pretty sure that's covered by 'unlucky': it's not the sort of thing that should give any reasonably prepared hiker cause for considering abandoning the practice as too risky. And 'all the time' is a considerable exaggeration when we consider how many times people set off on a hike in any given year.