#trail safety

[dpwahr]

Top Three Biggest Risks I've Taken While Enjoying the Outdoors

What are the biggest risks you've taken in the outdoors? Here are three of mine and they may surprise you...#hiking #outdoors #trailsafety

So I’ve been listening to podcasts on the National Parks and wilderness type adventures lately, my favorite is Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast, and it has made me realize that over the years I’ve taken several unnecessary risks while enjoying the great outdoors. Surprisingly, none of them involve rock climbing, surfing, or even spelunking: Not carrying bear spray in bear country. This…

[kurozu501]

do you ever just remember how one of the most effective things parvis said to get silence to lose faith in saria was essentially "do you really think she would ever choose YOU over everything?" and silence with her low self esteem really didn't believe saria would.

Then in the end saria really did choose them over everything, left her defense director job and her whole life up to that point behind for the sake of silence and ifrit. and silence still doesnt even know. do you ever think about that and lose your mind a little bit.

[dr-pipis]

motherfucker do you not have anywhere better to be

[manglam-marfach]

dyke!Chilaios has me understanding breeding kink all of a sudden

[cuubism]

can we pretty please see pics of your very anxious horsie who nevertheless doesn't get spooked by cars and bikes?

haha he's so good about noise, he also survived a lightning storm and the power going out on us while we were riding and just stood there like 🤨 he has 'if i stay idle i'm gonna mcfreaking lose it' type anxiety 😂 and sometimes he sees things that he's looked at every day for a year and decides itll eat him

running on dunkin. doesn't need more caffeine tho

[mountrainiernps]

Beautiful spring weather. Blue skies. Warm temps. Sounds like a great time for a hike in your national park.

And it is, if you take some Springtime precautions.

Remember that Mount Rainier soars over 14,000 feet above sea level. While there may be some trails melting out of the snow at lower elevations, there is still some snow at the higher elevations. With these warmer temperatures, the snow up high is melting. This mountain, the mother of many waters, has snow melt rippling down the hills and creeks, filling the rivers.

As you go out hiking, remember that as a warm day heats up, the snow melts more and the creeks and rivers get more water. Bridges might become impassable or even be washed away. Before you head out, stop at an information or visitor center and ask a ranger for current conditions.

Stay safe out there. Enjoy your time in the national park. Come home and share your photos and memories.

Park information on weather can be found here  https://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/weather.htm For a view of current conditions, these webcams may be helpful https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm  

These photos are from years past and do not reflect current conditions. NPS/J. Montgomery Photo. Trail crew members along the Carbon River. NPS/K. Loving Photo. Nisqually River over flowing log bridge at Wonderland Trail.

[uncanny-tranny]

Yet another thing I didn't expect from crochet: I have stitch markers in my car, my bed, they are even being run through the washing machine because I didn't see them while loading my laundry. I think I'll drown in them

[horsesarecreatures]

Hi, do you or followers have any tips for safety when riding alone and unsupervised? I don't have a smartphone, and the phone I do have doesn't reliably work at the barn. I've currently been texting my mom before I get on and saying I'll be finished in an hour, and then texting again when I get off. But I've never ridden alone before. Would be very grateful to learn any tips or advice for what others do?

Hi, riding alone is always a bit risky, but there are a lot of things that can be done to mitigate the risk. Off the top of my head:

Wear a helmet and possibly a safety vest.

Make sure your girth and saddle are secure.

Keep your phone on you, not in a saddle bag. If you keep it in your pants pocket, make sure they are deep enough. I have had my phone fall out while wearing jeans and breaches with ordinary pockets many times; I have since purchased these breeches specifically for trail riding because they have deep pockets with zippers.

Take off jewelry like dangly earrings that can snag if you fall off.

Use safety stirrups. No worse place to get dragged than a trail.

Bring mace in case some dumb person has their dog loose (also keep it on you and not the saddle).

If a horse is spooking or acting up, there is no harm in getting off and walking back. Additionally, it may be good to hand walk them on the trail before riding once or twice so they know what to expect.

As for safety apps and trackers, I am unfortunately not really in the know-how. I know some endurance people use personal locator beacons or satellite messengers when cell coverage is bad, but don't have experience with them myself.

Followers please chime in.

[grayrazor]

Other Saturday morning cartoons: we’ll discourage gun violence by replacing all the guns with lasers!

Gargoyles: let’s show the kids what a negligent discharge is like!

[bcitisthelight]

Y’all I’m a lawyer I promise that I know how funny the jokes are rn but you simply should not be posting your memes about wishing Trump would have died in the assassination attempt you do not want a door knock I promise, PARTICULARLY if you are part of a vulnerable population

[jumping-jackalope]

honestly i need to start growling at people who don't leash their dogs on public trails.... see how they like it.

[vintagepromotions]

‘Snail Tails leave Trails - Trails tell Tales‘

World War II safety reminder poster (1943).

[deepest-chambers-of-the-heart]

it's always crazy that my first thought about the end of the world or escaping or having to flee is: god i hope i die

does that make me a coward? i don't see myself living through fleeing if an earthquake collapses our house or something just please end it

being told everything is weird and unprecedented and that they're preparing for something just please i don't want to live through another global catastrophic event just let me die man

with my health problems already it's a struggle enough to get up and live i can't imagine bejng in a real crisis if my body is already taking this as a sign im going tk die

do i like how reactive i feel when ppl talk about the possible catastrophe of earthquakes or eclipses or preparing for some unknown something to happen? no. i don't like the fear and the immediate "i need to kill myself or ill suffer unknown tragedies" maybe ive read too much apocalypse fiction where the world ends and factions split and people run rampid

because i know im not built to survive it. im not and i cant. i don't want to live in fear again by the powers over me I don't want to be subject to cruelty and horror

[ratsandfashion]

Beginning of the day we ask clients to each name one of the rules here

One client says “stay with your team” which indeed is a rule!

Same client later today leaves the team while we’re in Publix and gets all the way out in the parking lot

[fayeandknight]

As someone involved in agility, last weekend's attack left me struggling to sort through my thoughts and feelings.

I had a whole big rant typed out about calling out the mentality of sweeping problem dogs/behaviors under the rug. But I think this addresses things with a better eye towards a solution than my angry reactions would.

[myceliumbutch]

I think my frustration with Julia Serrano is that she will have a GREAT TAKE (A butch getting misgendered in a bathroom is an example of transphobia regardless of the butch's identity as trans) and follow it up with a RANCID TAKE (trans men being allowed into TE/RF events is an example of "cissexual transgender privilege". It's really frustrating because it leaves the book very one sided in its analysis of misogyny in the trans community.