The ultimate list of dangers?

[lifeisalwaysgood]

While i understand not all of these you will encounter, if any at all but I wanted to make sure i hadn't forgotten any. Here is a list of potential dangers I have compiled. Obviously some fall under stupidity.


Dehydration
Hypothermia
Bug bites (ticks Lyme disease)
Sanitation (norovirus)
Blisters that turn into Infections
Sprains
Hunger and thirst
Black bears, cougars
Food or water poisoning
Mistaken by hunter for a deer and shot
Kennebec river ( if you decided to wade across vs use canoe )
Hundred Mile Wilderness
Rattler or copperhead
Black widow, brown recluse spiders
(lightning storm) or heavy downpour or snow
Knife edge rocks
Crazy people
Getting lost


Any others that come to mind?

[letstieoneon]

The DANGER of not going.......

[Tipi Walter]

The DANGER of not going.......

The worst of all.

[Wise Old Owl]

The DANGER of not going.......

Winning! 1234

[rickb]

Getting hit by a train (happened once)
STDs or unwanted pregnancy
Criminal violence by a person not deemed crazy
Heat stroke
Precipitating an acute medical event (like an MI)
Falling in love (if to the wrong person)
Rabies
Haunt Virus
Tetanus (huh, now I wonder when I got a booster)
Blunt force trauma from the rock on the end of your bear bag line.
3rd degree burns from refilling an alcohol stove with its invisible flame
Carbon monoxide poisoning from stove in unventilated ten
Porcupine quills
Skunks
Tree falls (widow makers)
Dog bite
Boredom
Knife in foot (drunken mublety peg game)

I could go on.

[DownYonder]

While i understand not all of these you will encounter, if any at all but I wanted to make sure i hadn't forgotten any. Here is a list of potential dangers I have compiled. Obviously some fall under stupidity.


Dehydration
Hypothermia
Bug bites (ticks Lyme disease)
Sanitation (norovirus)
Blisters that turn into Infections
Sprains
Hunger and thirst
Black bears, cougars
Food or water poisoning
Mistaken by hunter for a deer and shot
Kennebec river ( if you decided to wade across vs use canoe )
Hundred Mile Wilderness
Rattler or copperhead
Black widow, brown recluse spiders
(lightning storm) or heavy downpour or snow
Knife edge rocks
Crazy people
Getting lost


Any others that come to mind?

You omitted the worst event of all: having to sleep in a full shelter with nasty, smelly, snoring men with gas and small bladders.

[Hikingjim]

You omitted the worst event of all: having to sleep in a full shelter with nasty, smelly, snoring men with gas and small bladders.

Self-inflicted!

[orthofingers]

Falls and trips

[illabelle]

Tripping, stumbling, sliding, falling, etc.
Where those happen matters, too.
Hopefully you don't land on rocks, or fall off a cliff, or slide into the bog, or trip over a yellow jacket nest.

Looks like ortho beat me!

[evyck da fleet]

Poor judgement

[4eyedbuzzard]

Wasting time on internet websites.

[Dogwood]

Lack of knowledge and wisdom.

[Traveler]

Wow, quite a list! Only a few of those are actual dangers like hypothermia that should be a concern. The balance are mitigated with pretty basic prevention including filtering drinking water and drink routinely during the day, good hygiene practices anytime handling food, and proper gear for conditions. Though I would add big foot to the list behind cougars as a danger...

[rmitchell]

Wasp stings.

Especially yellow jackets and hornets.

I'm sitting here right now nursing three yellow jacket stings.

[Feral Bill]

1. Doing something stupid.
2. Bad luck.

These are related.

[perdidochas]

While i understand not all of these you will encounter, if any at all but I wanted to make sure i hadn't forgotten any. Here is a list of potential dangers I have compiled. Obviously some fall under stupidity.


Dehydration
Hypothermia
Bug bites (ticks Lyme disease)
Sanitation (norovirus)
Blisters that turn into Infections
Sprains
Hunger and thirst
Black bears, cougars
Food or water poisoning
Mistaken by hunter for a deer and shot
Kennebec river ( if you decided to wade across vs use canoe )
Hundred Mile Wilderness
Rattler or copperhead
Black widow, brown recluse spiders
(lightning storm) or heavy downpour or snow
Knife edge rocks
Crazy people
Getting lost


Any others that come to mind?

Feral dogs
Widow makers (tree limbs)

[rickb]

Trivia question:

Of all the dangers listed, which two (combined) are responsible for the documented deaths of 7 Appalachian Trail Thru Hikers?

[trailmercury]

Trivia question:

Of all the dangers listed, which two (combined) are responsible for the documented deaths of 7 Appalachian Trail Thru Hikers?

Crazy people and Getting lost, although I only know of one thru that "got lost" and died.

[Rain Man]

Of all the dangers listed, which two (combined) are responsible for the documented deaths of 7 Appalachian Trail Thru Hikers?

Hmmmm... Kennebec and crazy people? I want to say lightning, but will not.

Here's one: Cause of most deaths in the GSMNP? Second?

[trailmercury]

Hmmmm... Kennebec and crazy people? I want to say lightning, but will not.

Here's one: Cause of most deaths in the GSMNP? Second?

the Kennebec death can be attributed to a "crazy person" (story came out later that he was mentally ill)

Largay "got lost"

the rest were murders done by "crazy people"

IDK GSMNP answer, but would guess the same top two