#HikingDanger

[leonys1713]

Thrills and Risks: China's Most Dangerous Hiking Destination

[weatheredandshorn]

Day 11 on the JMT and we did not hike at all. Instead, we took what is called, 'a zero day'. The morning was sunny, but as our trail friends and family left us behind to continue their journeys the clouds began to collect. I felt melancholy to see them leave and hoped dearly we might catch up with one or two of them. Thru hiking is like going to summer camp. You are always unrealistically heartbroken to lose people you have only known for a week or so. The tap tap tapping of rain began to ring through my tent and thunder began to collect overhead. As I read the line, 'But - we knew thee not, old man. And there is, I suspect, another feeling alive in each of us as we lug these rotting guts across the desert: satisfaction.' from the chapter, 'Dead Man at Grandview Point,' in Edward Abbey's book, 'Desert Solitaire'. A flash of light illuminated my tent and an almost immediate crack of thunder shook the campground. I did not know it then, but I would soon come to find that with that that flash of light, a hiker had been struck by lightning. He had been leaning against a tree and the lightning struck the tree. At first he was responsive, then he wasn't, and then, after 20 minutes of CPR, the rescue mission turned into a recovery mission. We had our own dead man at Selden Pass. He was only 37. The mood at Muir Trail Ranch turned dark and my own old childhood fears of being struck by lightning began to creep back in. There was genuine concern and sadness at camp as everyone rallied to help and all I could think was, 'Fuck Edward Abbey!' But slowly, the sun came out and I went to the hot springs to warm my cold mood. I watched the helicopter fly through the valley to land in a meadow and I felt such sadness for the young hiker's mother. 'Someone has to call her.' I thought. I remembered my own desires to get wilderness EMT certified. I doubted going forward. But the next day, I put on my pack and I kept walking. . . . #jmt #jmt2021 #johnmuir #johnmuirtrail #johnmuirwilderness #hike #hikingdangers #danger #lightning #hikerlife #hikersofinstagram #hikecalifornia #sierra #sierranevada (at John Muir Wilderness) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTAFzzOlCA6/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ylemstudio]

Poor Gaby hit her head 😢 during our Hike #hikingdangers #hikinglife #greatfalls #nps (at Great Falls - River Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIQet67hNQV/?igshid=1p4vsn5dhbxyn