Submitted by Hoosac_Love t3_11s21z9 in massachusetts
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somegridplayer t1_jcbwnqn wrote
>I don't want to be insensitive but this is dumb
It's not insensitive, they are in fact dumb.
Hoosac_Love OP t1_jcby05d wrote
And they put rescuers in danger too,people never think about that either.20 years ago there would been no cell service in that area and thery'd be dead
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Hoosac_Love OP t1_jcen625 wrote
We are trying to save future lives it's not about crying,it happens more in the White Mountains but people die from doing this shit.Maybe someone will think first before doing this next time.
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Hoosac_Love OP t1_jcep1om wrote
Not sure what your problem is dude
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Hoosac_Love OP t1_jcerzh8 wrote
These people obviously weren't not experienced enough in wilderness sports to be hiking or snow shoeing in a blizzard nor'easter because they called police looking for rescue.
If one really feels they are so advanced in wilderness skills to go out in remote mountainous areas in a blizzard,I'm not stopping you but most people who do this stuff don't know what they are doing.
That is why were warning the general public because most people are not so advanced.
somegridplayer t1_jcesgqe wrote
I'm pretty sure you have zero clue who wilderness first responders are. But cool story I guess?
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Nicksucksathiking t1_jce0lm8 wrote
I dont feel bad at all. Its dumb fucks lile this that get other people killed because they watched a youtube video and “oh i could do that”
cowleidoscope t1_jcezp9i wrote
I am so confused. Were they tourists? There were so many storm warnings everywhere and they just said, the hell with it? I get that I got more snow in the hilltowns (buried already by Tuesday morning) so maybe it wasn't as heavy when the set out in the morning but there were still warnings it was going to continue.
My brain can't process the logic, or lack of logic.
Hoosac_Love OP t1_jcf3ur3 wrote
People over estimate their ability to handle difficult situations until they are in them and only then realize they are in over their head
wrenhunter t1_jcfqzob wrote
No problem, guys, glad you're OK. Here's the bill!
Hoosac_Love OP t1_jcfrn8n wrote
And a big bill at that,it would have been cheaper to have been busted shooting something out of season.Rescue fine's are huge man!!!
Marchtothesea85 t1_jccf4rn wrote
Should have made them an example
Hoosac_Love OP t1_jccfjh1 wrote
Every year it happens,last year someone broke there leg in snowie weather on Greylock It happens more often in the white mountains as well
Hoosac_Love OP t1_jcbdmsw wrote
I don't want to be insensitive but this is dumb,hiking Mt Washington state forest in a bad bad snow storm (not to be confused with the mountain in New Hampshire)
Mt Washington is a town of 150 odd people on the Connecticut and New York borders in southwest MA.It is very mountainous and remote and is known for Bash Bish falls the states largest waterfall and Mt Everett and large Mt of about 24,25 hundred feet.It is also known for a decent rattlesnake population.
Every year someone gets lost in the White Mountains or on Mt Greylock in a storm and occassionally someone dies or goes missing or a body pops up years later in the Maine wilderness or something.
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If these people were not able to find a cell signal they would have surely died and I am surprised they found a cell signal in Mt Washington in a blizzard.What possessed them to hike to a remote cabin on a MT in a blizzard.And the State Troopers they put at risk too ,what about them.
Please don't hike in storms,really it's not smart