What are your fears while hiking?

[Homer&Marje]

Mmmmmmmm skinny hikers

[Chaco Taco]

Running into you guys in the real world

Esp my favorite WB person

[wakapak]

Esp my favorite WB person

Geee, who would that be???

[wakapak]

Mmmmmmmm skinny hikers

you fear skinny hikers????

[Chaco Taco]

Geee, who would that be???

Hey you are supposed to be workin

[Chaco Taco]

you fear skinny hikers????

Huh huh, i aint sayin nothin

[wakapak]

Hey you are supposed to be workin

They're all asleep, now it's time to goof off!

[Lyle]

New fear:

Needing some help in NH and not having my Gold Card with me.

They don't do nothin' for free there.

Edit: Dang, should have read this thread more throughly, I'm way late on this sentiment.

[SunnyWalker]

Trips and falls.

[CowHead]

you fear skinny hikers????

see cannibalism thread it's dangerous out there

[Egads]

Seen someone smearing poop on rocks to dry it out before..........weird, huh?

I'm afraid to sit on rocks

[Buzz_Lightfoot]

see cannibalism thread it's dangerous out there

Aye, the fat ones are teh ones to fear!

I'm sorry, but to be on topic, the only real thing I "out there" are other people. Man, the most dangerous animal.

[Anumber1]

Bears - not afraid of being mauled, just a little worried about them eating all my little debbies while I'm passed out.

[dradius]

Man, the most dangerous animal.

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ain't that the truth. you can prepare for bad weather and somewhat for animals, but you never know *** people are going to do.

[Mzee]

Some sort of debilitating medical problem -- i.e. appendicitus, etc. or injury that prevents me from getting out of the woods to assistance.

A few years back we came across a guy at the Onion Valley trailhead (Sierras) who was doubled over in pain. He was in so much pain he could not drive. We drove him down to Independence, CA, for medical assistance. On the way out, he passed out from the pain. If he had been in the woods, I don't know if he would have got out alive.

He was wearing a t-shirt that said "Pain is weakness leaving the body."

[slickgoku]

My big fear is snakes! Hate when something so tiny can take me down without me even seeing the stupid thing coming!

[johnnybgood]

Some sort of debilitating medical problem -- i.e. appendicitus, etc. or injury that prevents me from getting out of the woods to assistance.

A few years back we came across a guy at the Onion Valley trailhead (Sierras) who was doubled over in pain. He was in so much pain he could not drive. We drove him down to Independence, CA, for medical assistance. On the way out, he passed out from the pain. If he had been in the woods, I don't know if he would have got out alive.

He was wearing a t-shirt that said "Pain is weakness leaving the body."

Kidney Stones... also very painful and much like appendicitus the onset is fast and debilitating.

[Shutterbug]

Kidney Stones... also very painful and much like appendicitus the onset is fast and debilitating.

You are so right about kidnew stones. That is the primary reason I fear getting dehydrated. Dehydration causes kidney stones.

I got a kidney stone on the first night of a 3 day solo hike on the Colorado Trail. My choices were to hike back up a steep mountain for one day or continue mostly down hill for two days. I elected the downhill choice. I kept telling myself, "Kidney stones don't kill you." I saw one other person during the two days and he was about a mile away on the other side of the valley. It was the most miserable hike I have ever experienced. The stone had to be surgically removed.

[Tractor]

Lightning while crossing a bald.
Non hikers, near trailheads, with a silly simi-toothless grin.

[CrumbSnatcher]

thanks alot i didn't have any fears hiking til i read this thread!