>not exactly a hidden gem >it's probably in the top 10-20 new hampshire hikes
do you have any idea how stupid this sounds? did you read your post before posting it?
>spent six months in Ohio for park ranger training on a college campus >get told that they have at least one, sometimes three or four, blizzards that knocks out power for up to a week at a time >despite having a massive gas pipeline going through the center of town, nothing in town is gas-operated, it's all electric; where I'm from, if the power goes out I can still use my stove and water heater because they're gas >snowstorm knocks out power, school tells everyone they're being moved to one dorm so body heat will keep them from freezing to death >tells everyone to wear warm clothes, bring bedding, etc. >I'm bedded down in a sleeping bag and pile of wool blankets, I have warm clothes for when I walk 2 miles through the snow into town for groceries, I have canned food and a little stove and mess kit to cook it with, I have books and my Gameboy Advance SP (tells you how long ago this was) to keep me entertained, etc. >I was warm, comfortable, fed, entertained, and prepared in case it got worse >the locals, who have lived with this shit for literally their entire lives every single winter, were sleeping on the bare floor, wearing shorts and flip-flops, complaining about how cold and hungry they were and how there was nothing to do without tv >they grew up with this shit every year and were explicitly told what to do, and they were still too stupid to do it >in almost any other scenario, they could have fricking died because they're literally too dumb to live
These people not only outnumber us, they vote. The npc meme is real.
I agree. It's not "Yankees." It's everywhere. I used to live in an apartment in a major Southern city. Three was a widespread power outage one night when I was driving home. And hopefully I don't have to explain how drivers here are impatient, impulsive, and most folks don't know how to alter their behavior on the road when the lights are all out -- it's the same everywhere I've lived. But I made it home, despite people thinking no functioning traffic signals meant no rules on the road, so everyone floored it and ran every intersection.
Any way, once I was home, I used my pocket flashlight to get to my small stash of power outage supplies. I had a couple candles lit, plenty to spare, and several flashlights with spare batteries at the ready. Meanwhile, I was listening as neighbors thundered down the stairs to go driving around to find somewhere with "light" because it was "too long" since power went out. They couldn't handle it, panicked, and went out into chaotic post-rush-hour traffic in a major city.
I’ve had a similar experience in Charlotte. Actually mine was probably worse because my WMAF upstairs neighbors got out a Little Joe kettle grill to cook dinner inside (out of the rain) and gassed me out of my own apartment with carbon monoxide. They probably would have died if I didn’t got upstairs and pound on their door to ask them if they had headaches (they all did).
It was also in the Atlanta metro area where a trail I used to walk for a quiet escape some years ago somehow became the new "big secret" that some Karens and other suburbanites "discovered." Suddenly, that dawn walk on some quiet trails became hearing stomping and telephone calls from much, much too far away. My favorite rant? The loud-talker on her bluetooth headset, rapidly griping because she didn't see any deer, but people told her there were deer. So where were all the deer? She didn't see any deer. What a rip-off. I could just walk around my neighborhood without seeing any deer but they said there were deer. Where's all the deer ...
i'm not saying you should take their shit from them and break it in front of them. that would be against the law and you shouldn't do it.
but if someone did they would not get caught and that person would probably never come back. they'd also tell everyone they know it's a dangerous trail.
These are the same smoothbrains who think it's a good idea to drive in the middle of a blizzard, with hardly any gas in the tank, and no emergency supplies in their vehicles. You just have to let nature take care of these subhumans.
Saging because there's already a thread on this incident from last month. This didn't need its own thread.
>mention to someone that I always top off my gas if the weather report says it's going to be bad >they notice I have a blanket, hand warmers, tire iron and jack, fix-a-flat, road flares, flashlight, non-perishable food, water, and a loaded .38 in my car >they laugh and ask what I need all that for >I've quit explaining it because if they're too stupid to do it themselves, they're too stupid to learn from being told by others >read in the news about another dumbass who died because they got stranded and had zero precautions or preps
social proof and peer pressure are the gods of normies.
they don't see anyone else, especially not people they admire, being prepared.
so they'd rather die than look weird to people like them.
their monkey brain remembers the time in the past where being weird would have you excluded from the protection of the community and you'd get eaten by a lion or some shit.
Absolutely this is the reason. I usually look somewhat overprepared for a few mile walk in any preserve close to residential areas, and trail Karens and boomers often make eyeballs about it or say dumb, judgmental shit when not even asked or talked to. Meanwhile I'm watching them nearly fall either in mud or ice and brutally cold melt water on unimproved trails and then they go on Google maps crying because the trails aren't paved or covered with pea gravel. When they could be wearing the same cheap ugly rubber boots I have, but nope, those are too ugly for them, let's ruin miles of habitat instead so they can wear slip on shoes in December.
>Karens and boomers often make eyeballs about it or say dumb, judgmental shit
This is how we know you are lying. I bring my day pack on everything above a one hour hike. I'm basically always the most geared up person on a trail. Never has anyone so much as glanced askance at me.
only downside to this mindset is that mommy government and progressives want to take rights/privileges/self determination away from the rest of us in an effort to coddle the lowest common denominator.
and the covid overreaction has basically given mommy government on all levels a free pass for this. for example my wife's niece lives in vancouver WA; apparently the city mandated that people not drive or leave their houses last week during the snow/ice storm.
absolutely mind boggling, and to think we're only getting started down this path.
>apparently the city mandated that people not drive or leave their houses last week during the snow/ice storm
That's been a possibility here in France for 30 years in the weather alert system, it isn't actually used (because it costs money).
Green : no probable threat.
Yellow : minor risk, be wary of localized events (minor flooding in marshlands and canyons, rotten branches falling because it's the 1st storm in 6 months, etc...)
Orange : moderate risk ; beware. Avoid going out if possible, don't go on the fricking pier to "see the big waves" (morons still do it despite the creation of a dedicated submersion risk alert for coastlines).
Outdoor events cancelled.
The usual alert level every time a storm hits.
Red : High risk. You must stay at home/shelter unless necessary. Beware, for your house/car may not constitute adequate shelter. A shitton of public places close.
I've witnessed it only once (2013 ; 2 meters of snow felled mid-March on the northern coastal plain that only see a few inches once every 5 years ). Most people didn't even know that "Red Alert" existed here in the mainland and what it meant, but it's often declared in colonies for tropical storms.
Scarlet : Extreme risk.
Your house (hell, maybe your whole city) is probably not a safe place to stay in. Seek adequate shelter. Emergency Services workers (911) themselves won't operate at Scarlet Level.
Sometimes declared overseas for Class 5 hurricanes and tsunamis.
>City folks are just moronic in general.
The majority of PrepHole posters are urban, even considering the much higher proportion of rural folk who routinely go outside. This is why the board is full of entertainingly moronic posts.
there was one type 1 diabetic who died from having low blood sugar for too long. was reading the results of a clinical trial for a immuno suppresant to possibly stop immune system from attacking pancreas. dumbass went on a mountain expedition and didnt check his blood sugar and take sugar when low, must have have gone hours while dizzy and tired
Everything East of Montana and South of Idaho should be obliterated from the face of the earth.
why?
have a nice day
Because for the last 10 years people are told that they can do anything because they are special.
>10
More like 40.
Take that number and double it, and you would be closer to the real answer.
Longer. Way longer. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-humans-maybe-domesticated-themselves
>massachusetts
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
I blame alltrails and social media
if you love something, gatekeep the ever loving frick out of it; otherwise hordes of shitty people will eventually ruin it.
that's the lesson we all should learn.
Population density
>I blame alltrails and social media
mt lafayette is not exactly a hidden gem, it's probably in the top 10-20 new hampshire hikes
>not exactly a hidden gem
>it's probably in the top 10-20 new hampshire hikes
do you have any idea how stupid this sounds? did you read your post before posting it?
I don’t even care anymore, these dumb b***hes deserve it at this point
Yankees are dumb as frick.
>spent six months in Ohio for park ranger training on a college campus
>get told that they have at least one, sometimes three or four, blizzards that knocks out power for up to a week at a time
>despite having a massive gas pipeline going through the center of town, nothing in town is gas-operated, it's all electric; where I'm from, if the power goes out I can still use my stove and water heater because they're gas
>snowstorm knocks out power, school tells everyone they're being moved to one dorm so body heat will keep them from freezing to death
>tells everyone to wear warm clothes, bring bedding, etc.
>I'm bedded down in a sleeping bag and pile of wool blankets, I have warm clothes for when I walk 2 miles through the snow into town for groceries, I have canned food and a little stove and mess kit to cook it with, I have books and my Gameboy Advance SP (tells you how long ago this was) to keep me entertained, etc.
>I was warm, comfortable, fed, entertained, and prepared in case it got worse
>the locals, who have lived with this shit for literally their entire lives every single winter, were sleeping on the bare floor, wearing shorts and flip-flops, complaining about how cold and hungry they were and how there was nothing to do without tv
>they grew up with this shit every year and were explicitly told what to do, and they were still too stupid to do it
>in almost any other scenario, they could have fricking died because they're literally too dumb to live
These people not only outnumber us, they vote. The npc meme is real.
Nice larp story unfortunately though we all remember how the texans were completely mogged by a little dusting of snow.
I agree. It's not "Yankees." It's everywhere. I used to live in an apartment in a major Southern city. Three was a widespread power outage one night when I was driving home. And hopefully I don't have to explain how drivers here are impatient, impulsive, and most folks don't know how to alter their behavior on the road when the lights are all out -- it's the same everywhere I've lived. But I made it home, despite people thinking no functioning traffic signals meant no rules on the road, so everyone floored it and ran every intersection.
Any way, once I was home, I used my pocket flashlight to get to my small stash of power outage supplies. I had a couple candles lit, plenty to spare, and several flashlights with spare batteries at the ready. Meanwhile, I was listening as neighbors thundered down the stairs to go driving around to find somewhere with "light" because it was "too long" since power went out. They couldn't handle it, panicked, and went out into chaotic post-rush-hour traffic in a major city.
It's literally everywhere.
Atlanta.
Say it out loud.
Say it from the chest.
This was Atlanta.
Like Africa with buildings
I’ve had a similar experience in Charlotte. Actually mine was probably worse because my WMAF upstairs neighbors got out a Little Joe kettle grill to cook dinner inside (out of the rain) and gassed me out of my own apartment with carbon monoxide. They probably would have died if I didn’t got upstairs and pound on their door to ask them if they had headaches (they all did).
Darwin glares at you in disgust.
Excellent! Yes. It was Atlanta.
It was also in the Atlanta metro area where a trail I used to walk for a quiet escape some years ago somehow became the new "big secret" that some Karens and other suburbanites "discovered." Suddenly, that dawn walk on some quiet trails became hearing stomping and telephone calls from much, much too far away. My favorite rant? The loud-talker on her bluetooth headset, rapidly griping because she didn't see any deer, but people told her there were deer. So where were all the deer? She didn't see any deer. What a rip-off. I could just walk around my neighborhood without seeing any deer but they said there were deer. Where's all the deer ...
i'm not saying you should take their shit from them and break it in front of them. that would be against the law and you shouldn't do it.
but if someone did they would not get caught and that person would probably never come back. they'd also tell everyone they know it's a dangerous trail.
That impulsive self destructive behavior sounds Blacktic
to be fair, Texans don't regularly get snow. not really the same situation
depending on which city in ohio this was in, i'd believe you.
>t.ohioan
You already posted this pic on reddit. You're the NPC, bro.
These are the same smoothbrains who think it's a good idea to drive in the middle of a blizzard, with hardly any gas in the tank, and no emergency supplies in their vehicles. You just have to let nature take care of these subhumans.
Saging because there's already a thread on this incident from last month. This didn't need its own thread.
>mention to someone that I always top off my gas if the weather report says it's going to be bad
>they notice I have a blanket, hand warmers, tire iron and jack, fix-a-flat, road flares, flashlight, non-perishable food, water, and a loaded .38 in my car
>they laugh and ask what I need all that for
>I've quit explaining it because if they're too stupid to do it themselves, they're too stupid to learn from being told by others
>read in the news about another dumbass who died because they got stranded and had zero precautions or preps
I don't feel sympathy for them anymore.
social proof and peer pressure are the gods of normies.
they don't see anyone else, especially not people they admire, being prepared.
so they'd rather die than look weird to people like them.
their monkey brain remembers the time in the past where being weird would have you excluded from the protection of the community and you'd get eaten by a lion or some shit.
Absolutely this is the reason. I usually look somewhat overprepared for a few mile walk in any preserve close to residential areas, and trail Karens and boomers often make eyeballs about it or say dumb, judgmental shit when not even asked or talked to. Meanwhile I'm watching them nearly fall either in mud or ice and brutally cold melt water on unimproved trails and then they go on Google maps crying because the trails aren't paved or covered with pea gravel. When they could be wearing the same cheap ugly rubber boots I have, but nope, those are too ugly for them, let's ruin miles of habitat instead so they can wear slip on shoes in December.
>say dumb, judgmental shit when not even asked or talked to
this definitely happens
>Karens and boomers often make eyeballs about it or say dumb, judgmental shit
This is how we know you are lying. I bring my day pack on everything above a one hour hike. I'm basically always the most geared up person on a trail. Never has anyone so much as glanced askance at me.
farms are maintained by educated people though. and the right is just some shitheap in the middle of nowhere
Soil erosion, water and air pollution, erasure of biodiversity
>left: maximal
>right: negligible
only downside to this mindset is that mommy government and progressives want to take rights/privileges/self determination away from the rest of us in an effort to coddle the lowest common denominator.
and the covid overreaction has basically given mommy government on all levels a free pass for this. for example my wife's niece lives in vancouver WA; apparently the city mandated that people not drive or leave their houses last week during the snow/ice storm.
absolutely mind boggling, and to think we're only getting started down this path.
>apparently the city mandated that people not drive or leave their houses last week during the snow/ice storm
That's been a possibility here in France for 30 years in the weather alert system, it isn't actually used (because it costs money).
Green : no probable threat.
Yellow : minor risk, be wary of localized events (minor flooding in marshlands and canyons, rotten branches falling because it's the 1st storm in 6 months, etc...)
Orange : moderate risk ; beware. Avoid going out if possible, don't go on the fricking pier to "see the big waves" (morons still do it despite the creation of a dedicated submersion risk alert for coastlines).
Outdoor events cancelled.
The usual alert level every time a storm hits.
Red : High risk. You must stay at home/shelter unless necessary. Beware, for your house/car may not constitute adequate shelter. A shitton of public places close.
I've witnessed it only once (2013 ; 2 meters of snow felled mid-March on the northern coastal plain that only see a few inches once every 5 years ). Most people didn't even know that "Red Alert" existed here in the mainland and what it meant, but it's often declared in colonies for tropical storms.
Scarlet : Extreme risk.
Your house (hell, maybe your whole city) is probably not a safe place to stay in. Seek adequate shelter. Emergency Services workers (911) themselves won't operate at Scarlet Level.
Sometimes declared overseas for Class 5 hurricanes and tsunamis.
Lafayette can be pretty fricking brootal though
>Do people not prepare at all for winter hikes?
No, and that's a good thing!! And here's why!!!! Die normie homosexuals.
>Do people not prepare at all for winter hikes?
>Mt Lafyette
That's what he gets for not watching yuru camp as preparation
Yuru Camp should replace Freedom of the Hills and Training for the New Alpinism as the definitive guide for mountaineering
>Yuru Camp should replace Freedom of the Hills and Training for the New Alpinism as the definitive guide for mountaineering
this but unironically
but that isn't batoning. that is the way most people cut kindling.
Comfort breads incompetency
Hurts me every time I see it
Only thing wrong in this pic is the geargays all geared out just to walk up a snowy hill
the only thing egregious about this is the tennis shoes
I saw plenty of shit like this on Rainier in 2021. I'm surprised I didn't see an entire family glissade right off the mountain by accident
> look up where mosts of the deaths were
> all in cities of 25k or more or on the Interstate highway.
> not one rural death
City folks are just moronic in general.
>City folks are just moronic in general.
The majority of PrepHole posters are urban, even considering the much higher proportion of rural folk who routinely go outside. This is why the board is full of entertainingly moronic posts.
there was one type 1 diabetic who died from having low blood sugar for too long. was reading the results of a clinical trial for a immuno suppresant to possibly stop immune system from attacking pancreas. dumbass went on a mountain expedition and didnt check his blood sugar and take sugar when low, must have have gone hours while dizzy and tired