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Topic	I nearly died at the Grand Canyon this week.
Forceful_Dragon 07/25/20 6:37:04 PM #26:	MariaTaylor posted... 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. I am fully aware and take responsibility for all of this. I still wouldn't say we were "unprepared" because we had a lot of supplies on hand, but in hindsight leaving the trail to reach the helipad was probably a mistake. MariaTaylor posted... Drinking too much water while doing intense physical activity can lead to nausea, cramps, and sickness. I took small sips while hiking and larger drinks when we were had stopped at the bottom for an extended period of time. I was following posted guidance on water intake. MariaTaylor posted... Salty "snacks" and foods will contribute to dehydration. Yes, but having NO salt with too much water will lead to sodium deprivation. MariaTaylor posted... jesus christ this is exactly what I was thinking when I typed up stuff about additional threats PLEASE DO NOT EVER LEAVE THE TRAIL, especially amateur hikers The rattlesnake was ON the trail. I'm not trying to minimize the mistakes I made in terms of decision making, I am aware of them. But with that said I also felt like there was at least some semblance of a reason behind those decisions at the time. I'll try to pull some photos from my wife's phone, maybe it will help to see just how close the helipad appears from the trail, because our major wrong assumption that spiraled the situation was that if there was a building/helipad that there would be SOME sort of intended way to reach it. --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:942582135] in I nearly d... [t:78871357]...</cite> <quote>MariaTaylor posted... </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.</quote> I am fully aware and take responsibility for all of this. I still wouldn't say we were "unprepared" because we had a lot of supplies on hand, but in hindsight leaving the trail to reach the helipad was probably a mistake. MariaTaylor posted... </cite> <quote>Drinking too much water while doing intense physical activity can lead to nausea, cramps, and sickness.</quote> I took small sips while hiking and larger drinks when we were had stopped at the bottom for an extended period of time. I was following posted guidance on water intake. MariaTaylor posted... </cite> <quote>Salty "snacks" and foods will contribute to dehydration.</quote> Yes, but having NO salt with too much water will lead to sodium deprivation. MariaTaylor posted... </cite> <quote>jesus christ this is exactly what I was thinking when I typed up stuff about additional threats PLEASE DO NOT EVER LEAVE THE TRAIL, especially amateur hikers</quote> The rattlesnake was ON the trail. I'm not trying to minimize the mistakes I made in terms of decision making, I am aware of them. But with that said I also felt like there was at least some semblance of a reason behind those decisions at the time. I'll try to pull some photos from my wife's phone, maybe it will help to see just how close the helipad appears from the trail, because our major wrong assumption that spiraled the situation was that if there was a building/helipad that there would be SOME sort of intended way to reach it. --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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