They don't even mention snakes!

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:49 pm

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/200907 ... 79963/1062

Top 10 dangerous things in the outdoors....

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:57 pm

cougarmagic wrote:http://www.vaildaily.com/article/200907 ... 79963/1062

Top 10 dangerous things in the outdoors....

I think that male snakes get covered under Item #1.

Post by **HikeUp** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:06 pm

No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:11 pm

That guy's punctuation, spelling and grammar are atrocious.

Since the article is about things that actually kill people, I'm not surprised snakes don't make the cut. I gather rattle snakes aren't actually responsible for very many human deaths.

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:17 pm

HikeUp wrote:No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.

I could'a sworn I saw that one on the list.

Post by **HikeUp** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:20 pm

THREAT NO. 5: LIGHTNING
...Statistically, people are more than twice as likely to be struck dead on a weekend afternoon in July than at any other time

This is meaningless gibberish, isn't it? Is it because there are twice as many hikers on weekends than weekdays during July (i.e. lightning season). Is the data normalized by something like 'number of hikers per day', or does the percentage of hikers getting killed by lightning actual increase as the number of hikers increases? Normalized by number of lightning strikes per day?

Men are more than eight times as likely to be killed by a strike

Same thing...are there 8 times more men than women out on the trails?

Statistics can be so manipulated that without background information they're meaningless.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:04 pm

HikeUp wrote:No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.

wtf with trees? the article title mentions camping....then say people die skiing into trees. wtf

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:10 pm

HikeUp wrote:
Men are more than eight times as likely to be killed by a strike
Same thing...are there 8 times more men than women out on the trails?

Yeah, it's a little goofy. Either there are more men hiking in general (yes), or women don't hike in stormy weather, or lightning prefers men....

So in their recommendations of how to avoid these dangers, one of them is "be a girl". yay for me! I can now take ridiculous risks, with no fear of consequence!

Post by **Taco** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:56 am

Tarantulas are not venomous to humans.

Gravity should be up there around #1.

The Y-Chromosome one made me think... Captain Safety wrote this.

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:44 am

Hike Up Wrote

No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.

In order to make the list you actually have to have the Y-Chromosome - why else wouldn't you put a picture of yourself on the blog sites? Instead you can just put everyone else's picture that isn't dressed according to your idea of what's supposed to be worn in the wilderness?

Whatever you do, don't tresspass or hijack this thread or a bad picture of you will end up here.

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:54 pm

wtf is up with No. 8. i have never seen an orange moose or elk!

Post by **HikeUp** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:09 pm

The Rabbit of Caerbannog.

ARTHUR: What?
TIM: There he is!
ARTHUR: Where?
TIM: There!
ARTHUR: What, behind the rabbit?
TIM: It is the rabbit!
ARTHUR: You silly sod! You got us all worked up!
TIM: Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel,
and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on.
ROBIN: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
TIM: Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's a
killer!
KNIGHT: Get stuffed!
TIM: It'll do you a trick, mate!
KNIGHT: Oh, yeah?
ROBIN: You mangy Scot git!
TIM: I'm warning you!
ROBIN: What's he do, nibble your bum?
TIM: He's got huge, sharp-- he can leap about-- look at the bones!
ARTHUR: Go on, Boris. Chop his head off!
BORIS: Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin' right up!
TIM: Look!
[squeak]
BORIS: Aaaugh!
[chord]
ARTHUR: Jesus Christ!
TIM: I warned you!
ROBIN: I peed again!
TIM: I warned you! But did you listen to me? Oh, no, you knew it all,
didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little bunny, isn't it? Well,
it's always the same, I always--
ARTHUR: Oh, shut up!
TIM: --But do they listen to me?--
ARTHUR: Right!
TIM: -Oh, no--
KNIGHTS: Charge!
[squeak squeak]
KNIGHTS: Aaaaugh! Aaaugh! etc.
KNIGHTS: Run away! Run away!

Post by **Taco** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:06 pm

The rabbit is always #1.

"Oh mighty sorcerer, what is your name?"

"Some people call me..... Tim."

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:52 am

man the first time i saw that scene i was lying of the floor dying of laughing pain

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:07 pm

Zé wrote:man the first time i saw that scene i was lying of the floor dying of laughing pain

"dying of laughing pain" That's not on the list either. This list sux.