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It's in the genetic memory of wild mammals to see humans as ultimate apex predators. Research finds everyone from deer to bear will run faster from the mere sound of a human voice than the call of literally any other animal. Humans talking literally invokes greater fear in animals than howling wolves or roaring lions
The vast vast majority of hiking deaths aren't from the wilderness itself but from completely avoidable things like falls off cliffs, heat strokes from overexertion, drowning, or hypothermia/dehydration after getting lost. Also parasites from drinking river water or some shit
Yeah like you're all correct, but the spraining an ankle thing is what I want people to be afraid of. Ever watch a city person try a rocky hike? They literally don't know how to walk.
I've lived in city outskirts all my life and have been getting into mountain climbing and rock scrambling from a club at my college. Maybe it's just my ADHD hyperness, but it's all been surprisingly very easy to pick it up
I feel like there's no practical concern if you're under 40 & have some athletic ability, and/or go with at least a couple friends/family/clubmates to look out for each other (or at very least on a trail where there's people everywhere)
I also think it's safer than ever bc of phones, assuming you're fully charged w a battery bank, case-protected, and enable a voice assistant for calls/texts if the screen cracks or you can't reach it. Most areas still have SOS call service when you lose bars, and if you're in an ultra-remote cellular dead zone, if you or someone you're with has a phone from the last 2-4 years then it can text via satellite