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indeed, addressing new/changed information
I see it. Theory of everything being relativity....
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indeed, addressing new/changed information
For what it's worth; After spending 10+ years in SAR you two weren't drinking enough. Should have been one each.... and drank 1 between us.
For what it's worth; After spending 10+ years in SAR you two weren't drinking enough. Should have been one each.
Probably true but there's an old saying in SAR "If you Ain't tinkeling you Ain't hydrated!" So I am just saying...Agree but I'm guessing the OP was hydrated before he left on said hike unlike all the other dumb assery walking around. You wouldn't want to do it on a daily basis but good on him for helping those who needed it.
Probably true but there's an old saying in SAR "If you Ain't tinkeling you Ain't hydrated!" So I am just saying...
We we're in mixed Company.I thought it was "if you ain't sloshin' you ain't noshin'"...
We were on a trail that was 3.5 miles, the last two of them uphill, and 1.5 of those 2 miles in direct sun with no shade. This is not a hard hike, but some people at the destination were looking pretty worse for the wear. These folk had a 1/2 mile to go, all in sun, and were looking pretty close to heat exhaustion - so we stopped and asked if they were OK (yes), how many in your group , do they all have enough water (five people, one quart of water between them, already empty), and btw, did you fill out a permit at the trail head. He reaches into his pocket and I see a glance of it, looks like a M&P in OWB. None of my business, but it felt off. I see he's printing badly through a thin T-shirt, and think about the dozens of Californians at the end of the trail, many of whom my partner and I just spoke with. If he he said "yes, I have a carry permit" I'd have thanked him and thought nothing more of it. We refilled their quart and moved along.
In the 5 hours we were on the trail, we met ~250 people, with 6 people who were clearly not right in the head. I'd estimate that 1/3 of them were not prepared. They read about this hike in a book, and it said it was easy.
Even the dead wanna get some....I carried out my first DB before I turned 17. Rigor had set in and while his arms were strapped down; one of them popped up and hit my Asst. TL right in the butt. Heart Attacks we're had by all!!!
And for what it's worth; I for one(& I'm very sure that this counts for most of SAR/ESAR) am VERY, VERY happy that there are folks out there doing what you're doing just so we don't have to listen to the phone call "Gear up!" Near as often as we once did!
Oh wait; there's ten/20/30 times the number of idiots out there so OUR Numbers still haven't dropped. In fact, the are still going up. Of course, more of them are "Darwin" calls but those take as much time plus More paperwork.
If we keep hiding our weapons because we might upset the 'out of towners' how are they ever going to get used to the idea people do carry guns? Personally I think it's an opportunity to educate, if all is legal and above board what's their complaint? Sure some panties might get knotted but maybe the next time it'd be 'look, someone's else has a gun' and then a glance w/out a comment and then they get used to it. Especially if the person carrying is also the one helping out their dog and checking on their general well being out in the middle of nowhere. I can take some sideways glances, I always have a smile on my face. No reason to keep things in the dark, not doing us any favors really.