As a Boy Scout I know the many dangers of hiking and camping, I was taught the golden rule of camping and even the Boy Scouts of America’s motto is “Be Prepared.”. The meaning of this motto can mean a multitude of different terms, hence it’s name “Be Prepared”. However, there is a second and even more important rule of an adventurist, letting others know of your whereabouts and your estimated return time.
The reason is simple; if you let someone know about where you are going, then your chances of survival during an event has a good outcome. Let’s say you are hiking along, minding your own business until your trip of a pesky rock and end up spraining your ankle and you are incapacitated. It gets better, you thought you were tough and you did …show more content…
Back in 2003 a man named Aron Ralston went on a hike through the Bluejohn Canyon, in southeastern Utah. Nobody knows of his location or his returning time, he just goes off canyoning nearly eight miles from his car. During his descent from the canyon, he falls and a boulder would go with him, the boulder strikes him and pins his arm against the canyon wall. Having only two burritos and a near empty bottle of water, he is losing hope quick as his five long days roll by. He eventually has a realisation that the only way out of this hole is to cut off his own arm, he unfortunately starts sawing off his arm using a dull pocket knife to escape before rappelling down another eighty feet and stumbling around until being discovered by the Dutch Meijer family and eventually taken to a nearby rescue team searching for Aron. All of that could have been avoided if he simply told of his whereabouts, I repeat this often due to it’s huge importance in hiking safety
One more shining example of my point is the incident of Amos Wayne Richards. His story follows Aron Ralston’s story right to the location, Bluejohn Canyon. Amos tried following in Aron Ralston’s canyon by ascending
The reason is simple; if you let someone know about where you are going, then your chances of survival during an event has a good outcome. Let’s say you are hiking along, minding your own business until your trip of a pesky rock and end up spraining your ankle and you are incapacitated. It gets better, you thought you were tough and you did …show more content…
Back in 2003 a man named Aron Ralston went on a hike through the Bluejohn Canyon, in southeastern Utah. Nobody knows of his location or his returning time, he just goes off canyoning nearly eight miles from his car. During his descent from the canyon, he falls and a boulder would go with him, the boulder strikes him and pins his arm against the canyon wall. Having only two burritos and a near empty bottle of water, he is losing hope quick as his five long days roll by. He eventually has a realisation that the only way out of this hole is to cut off his own arm, he unfortunately starts sawing off his arm using a dull pocket knife to escape before rappelling down another eighty feet and stumbling around until being discovered by the Dutch Meijer family and eventually taken to a nearby rescue team searching for Aron. All of that could have been avoided if he simply told of his whereabouts, I repeat this often due to it’s huge importance in hiking safety
One more shining example of my point is the incident of Amos Wayne Richards. His story follows Aron Ralston’s story right to the location, Bluejohn Canyon. Amos tried following in Aron Ralston’s canyon by ascending