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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Hikers are all too often seriously ignorant, and have made no attempt

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:19 AM

Jul 2022

to find out conditions where they will be hiking.

A couple of weeks ago a Texas couple was taken completely by surprise that it could possibly be colder in the Mountains of Colorado than in Texas.

“These hikers were highly unprepared,” AVSAR said. “They had no extra clothing and no way to stay dry in their tent, with no rain fly. These hikers said they did not understand why it was so cold and rainy in Colorado, because it has been ‘so hot in Texas’ where they hike all the time.”

Link to the full article in the Denver Post: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/06/28/texas-hikers-rescued-lake-como-sangre-de-cristo/

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Baffling, but let me make one suggestion that might help future hikers. usonian Jul 2022 #1

Hikers are all too often seriously ignorant, and have made no attempt PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #2