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Topic	I nearly died at the Grand Canyon this week.
MariaTaylor 07/25/20 6:24:18 PM #22:	No offense, and I'm glad you're okay, but it sounds like a lot of this could have been prevented. It sounds like you went in very unprepared and you're pretty lucky that nothing worse than this happened. I'm also not sure why you would have left the trail. I can't imagine that this would raise your chances of survival in any scenario, and it seems like this is the reason why things turned out so poorly for you. Maybe you know all of this already, but I still feel like it needs to be said because "wow bro I'm glad you're okay" is not very useful information to hear in this situation. Drinking too much water while doing intense physical activity can lead to nausea, cramps, and sickness. Salty "snacks" and foods will contribute to dehydration. It sounds like you might have actually done this to yourself and then wandered off the trail, exerted yourself exploring many dead ends that could have lead to nasty falls or getting stuck at the bottom of an incline, exposed yourself to an unfamiliar water source which (besides other present dangers) likely left you wearing wet clothes (bad for many reasons), exposed yourselves to other threats that generally don't appear on the trail but might appear in other nearby areas, got yourself stung by a scorpion, and just barely made it back because you were lucky enough to find people who could get a ranger to bring you back to the trail and escort you to safety Don't leave the trail. The trail exists for a reason. I'm sure plenty of people who are reading this are going to think I'm just being a dick for no reason but if you have any sense in your head, and ever plan to go out into the wilderness, please try to remember what I'm saying and how important it actually is. --- all the rest weren't so unfortunate https://imgur.com/yv2eC4n <cite>MariaTaylor posted [p:942581696] in I nearly d... [t:78871357]...</cite> <quote>No offense, and I'm glad you're okay, but it sounds like a lot of this could have been prevented. It sounds like you went in very unprepared and you're pretty lucky that nothing worse than this happened. I'm also not sure why you would have left the trail. I can't imagine that this would raise your chances of survival in any scenario, and it seems like this is the reason why things turned out so poorly for you. Maybe you know all of this already, but I still feel like it needs to be said because "wow bro I'm glad you're okay" is not very useful information to hear in this situation. Drinking too much water while doing intense physical activity can lead to nausea, cramps, and sickness. Salty "snacks" and foods will contribute to dehydration. It sounds like you might have actually done this to yourself and then wandered off the trail, exerted yourself exploring many dead ends that could have lead to nasty falls or getting stuck at the bottom of an incline, exposed yourself to an unfamiliar water source which (besides other present dangers) likely left you wearing wet clothes (bad for many reasons), exposed yourselves to other threats that generally don't appear on the trail but might appear in other nearby areas, got yourself stung by a scorpion, and just barely made it back because you were lucky enough to find people who could get a ranger to bring you back to the trail and escort you to safety Don't leave the trail. The trail exists for a reason. I'm sure plenty of people who are reading this are going to think I'm just being a dick for no reason but if you have any sense in your head, and ever plan to go out into the wilderness, please try to remember what I'm saying and how important it actually is. --- all the rest weren't so unfortunate https://imgur.com/yv2eC4n</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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