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If you are going into the wilderness, you should really check a map beforehand. At very least, figure out which cardinal direction you can go to get back to civ
by seoaeu 5y ago
If you are going into the wilderness, you should really check a map beforehand. At very least, figure out which cardinal direction you can go to get back to civilization. Even just knowing "walk west and eventually you'll hit a highway" greatly improves your odds if you get very lost.
- SavantIdiot 5y agoFunny you mention that. Last year in Oregon a man stepped off the trail near a place called the Gorge while hiking too close to sunset, its is a huge wilderness north of the 26. People kept saying: dude, if you just went south you'd hit the freeway, but apparently he tried that and there were unscalable hills/cliff faces/vegetation for dozens of miles that when he followed them for a place to descend got him even more lost! Beyond me why someone would go off trail, or even start hike that late in the day!
- seoaeu 5y agoYeah... in hindsight checking for impassible cliffs would have been a smart move too