[–] captaincalorie [S] 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago (edited ago)
I hike that trail often, and I have a good reputation in the community where I live. If I was recognized as walking past an injured person, it could come back to bite me hard. If that person had died, there is a ton of evidence (license plate recorded, visual confirmation from other hikers, cellphone location history, etc) that could link me to being in that area.
[–] DevilsMonkey 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I think you would have been good calling 911 and then going about your day. As soon as they are aware of the situation it becomes their problem. Whether they go down the wrong trail or not.
[–] seniorscubasquid 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
You said yourself it's a remote trail. You could have spun on your heels and quietly walked away before fatty saw you. Unless you had someone with you, nobody would ever know you were there. Just that you were in the park. They have zero proof.
[–] hiddenbutt 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
They might be an obeast, but it's a hell of a lot easier to get them off the trail while they're still alive, as compared to their dead body. And nobody likes finding a dead body while they're out hiking.
[–] seniorscubasquid 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Fuck that. Fatties are vermin. If he dies, who's he gunna tell? If he lives, he doesn't have any proof. Either way, you win. Leave it behind.
[–] StupidShitlords 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I think its easy to say shit like this, 'i could/couldnt kill' but when the time actually comes, youre caught off guard. Its easier to be nice to people face to face.
[–] 7FootCleaningWand 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
What I don't understand is this: if you have enough mobility to go on a hike, how the fuck could you allow yourself to be flown out on a helicopter? It's so fucking humiliating.
Give me some crutches and some pain killers, and help me hobble back out the trail to the ambulance.
Being fat is bad.
Being a whiny pussy is even worse.
[–] DEA_sockpuppet 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago (edited ago)
All these comments about leaving him to die warms my heart.
no /s either
[–] [deleted] 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
Uhg. Sprained my ankle in the woods once. Hurt like fuck, but I made it back to my car. After the 2 hour drive home of "this isn't so bad" I tried putting any weight on it to get out of my car and almost ate asphalt. There is no non-sucky way to crawl on dirt/sidewalk I found out.
[–] miss_ann_thrope 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
True. I sprained my ankles in a remote wooded park on two different occasions (once I slipped on the ice and sprained one ankle, another time I tripped and sprained both of them, yes I am clumsy ). This was in ancient times before cellphones were invented. I had no choice but to get up and limp the 1.5 miles out, best to get moving before the swelling sets in.
Plus, I figured even if someone found me, what could they do for me to help anyway, carry me?
[–] DessertFox 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
You walked out on 2 sprained ankles? Ouch.
It may be possible to crawl out, but I doubt the knees could take 1.5 miles without getting seriously damaged as well.
[–] Plavonica 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
If I had broken my ankle with no cell signal and no one around you would have found me in the middle of dragging myself back to signal/people.
Normal sized people could just use a branch as a crutch and simply hobbled out. No need to drag yourself around. Branches can only support so much weight however so that isn't an option if you weigh more than Godzilla.
[–] damnbiker 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Fatso was only about 300lb, there should have been some lumber capable of partially supporting his fat ass, but nope. Fatty had to ruin a bunch of other people's days rather than put in the effort to help himself. Just like every other day of his fat life.
[–] DessertFox 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
If he tried doing that, the branch would probably impale him through the armpit. Then he'd be left without an arm and a leg.
Obesity costs an arm and a leg.
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[–] Shitlord2016 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Would insurance cover the helicopter? If not that's a big chunk of money to lose.
[–] 7FootCleaningWand 0 points 32 points 32 points (+32|-0) ago
and his foot was swollen to the size of a football
So it looked like his other foot?
[–] shitlordicus_prime 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
It could have died after hopping a stream? That's evolution in action. In any other period in history it would just die due to some small mishap like this, leaving the world no poorer.
Also it's pretty stupid for an inexperienced hiker to go out alone into an area with no cell service. I don't even think I would, just in case of an accident of some kind.
[–] captaincalorie [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I worried about that too for a while, but I actually purchased a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) about a year ago. It was around $200 on Amazon and you can send out an emergency alert from literally anywhere on earth (excluding the north / south pole). I used it when I hiked the Pacific Crest trail on the west coast.