Nature Boy Hiking Assaulted

[tigerpaw]

Come on...all 300 million Americans are not eligible to be elected President...

[Feral Bill]

are "odds" just hopes made mathamatical? or are they fears, made statistical? or are they imagination, carryed away? or are they blame , exsplained? not sure about this whole odds thing.

Sometimes you are a genious.

[mweinstone]

im allways a genious. i just dont have a woman. so i go astray. but im fixing this friday night. im in love with one of our own. and she me. we mate on the morrow. then i should be sounding much more normal. and thank you all for putting up with me during this sexually frustrated time .lol.

odds: mans wish and hope and attempt at control.
stats: mans subconcious fear of odds
man: an odd statistical improbibility resulting in more of the same.
woman: unchartable depth concerning no known topography, statistics, odds or control. and mans hope, wish and fear.

[modiyooch]

is there a news article associated with this attack? If there are any updates to this incident, could a new thread be started? thanks

[mweinstone]

no. only downdates and old thred. sorry.

[rickb]

And... remember, statistically you're morel likely to be bitten by a venomous snake than attacked on the trail....

I think you may overstating the danger of venomous snakes along the AT.

In point of fact, 5 thru hikers were unable to complete their 2000 mile walks because they were killed by a complete stranger in the middle of their journeys.

In contrast, there has not been one single case a venomous snake ever killing an AT thru hiker.

More over, there have been very, very few reports of non-lethal attacks by venomous snakes. At least so far as what goes reported, I believe statistics show that you are far more likely to be attacked by a person on the AT than bitten by a venomous snake.

[10-K]

I think you may overstating the danger of venomous snakes along the AT.

In point of fact, 5 thru hikers were unable to complete their 2000 mile walks because they were killed by a complete stranger in the middle of their journeys.

In contrast, there has not been one single case a venomous snake ever killing an AT thru hiker.

More over, there have been very, very few reports of non-lethal attacks by venomous snakes. At least so far as what goes reported, I believe statistics show that you are far more likely to be attacked by a person on the AT than bitten by a venomous snake.

Aren't statistics fun?

Who said anything about getting killed? I used the words, "bitten" and "attacked".

I'd be willing to bet a lot more than 5 people have gotten snakebit hiking the AT in the past 70 or so years.... I could be wrong about that, but I'd bet a small sum on it.

[10-K]

How about this...

My fallback position on this topic is that you're statistically more likely to be killed by a human than a bear....

[D'Artagnan]

Odds of a Matthewski post without spelling goofs: 14,387,087,001,327:1

-- Sorry, dude, just having a little fun with you. Keep on doing what you do 'cause nobody does it better!

[LBJ]

[QUOTE=rickb;1166954]I think you may overstating the danger of venomous snakes along the AT.


In contrast, there has not been one single case a venomous snake ever killing an AT thru hiker.

Ah, probabilities. You are more likely to be struck by lightning and be bitten by a rattlesnake simultaneously than to win Powerball.

[LBJ]

Some hikers I met in Shenandoah at our picnic talked about the welt on the side of his face. They saw him in Waynesboro. And met him trying to hike but could not.

So lets put to rest anything of a hoax.

MY cousin knows a guy that talked to someone that..........

[DapperD]

MY cousin knows a guy that talked to someone that..........

Kind of like that game they call telephone:

[restless]

Sometimes you are a genious.

Othertimes, he is just down right entertaining!!!

[pistol p]

it's amazin' how lots of ladies do the journal thing, posting pics of themselves and dates of where they are. online journals are bad.

Yeah, the whole day to day, blog as you go thing (especially for the ladies), is a not a good idea. Put a weeks delay on the post, or something. You could just enjoy yourself and let others wait for your emails, phone calls, or postcards. I prefer to post/blog when I get home. Too busy clearing my head and breathing the clean air, to worry about telling people what I'm doing...But, to each their own.

[kanga]

i really don't get the whole blogging thing in the first place. i think trail journals online is ridiculous. who gives a damn where you **** that day?

[ocourse]

I'd like to know what kind of tent the victim carries. It must be pretty light to make 40+ MPD.

[jbwood5]

I'd like to know what kind of tent the victim carries. It must be pretty light to make 40+ MPD.

Here is a link to his gear:

http://www.trailjournals.com/gear.cfm?trailname=11523

Looks like the tent was Sierra Designs at about 2+ pounds.

[Jonnycat]

i really don't get the whole blogging thing in the first place. i think trail journals online is ridiculous. who gives a damn where you **** that day?

I'm the same way. When I get on the trail, my focus is experiencing the trail and becoming a part of it, not processing my day in order to regurgitate it for everyone else's consumption.

[lutefisk]

it's amazin' how lots of ladies do the journal thing, posting pics of themselves and dates of where they are. online journals are bad.

Yeah, and leaving jugs unattended. Wait, that was another thread...

[fiddlehead]

i really don't get the whole blogging thing in the first place. i think trail journals online is ridiculous. who gives a damn where you **** that day?

People want to know.
When we did our speed hike, in 2001-2002, so often, people requested that we post more often and please include our mileage for the day.
We often just didn't have the energy to do it and probably updated about once a week.
It wasn't enough for those following us.
They wanted to know.

In todays world, that is a lot easier to do than it was 10 years ago.

I hope someday we all can learn the truth about who did this and why.