Article – Hikers had no gear on cold Colorado trail because it’s ‘so hot in Texas,’ officials say

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Idiots. It used to be that, in simpler times, natural selection would take care of this sort of problem and humanity, collectively, would be better off for it. Nowadays….well…

The hikers weren’t prepared for their trek. They didn’t pack extra clothing to stay dry, and their tent had no rain fly, officials said. The hikers also didn’t have extra food or water, and they didn’t have layers to survive the night temperatures.

“These hikers said they did not understand why it was so cold and rainy in Colorado, because it has been ‘so hot in Texas’ where they hike all the time,” rescuers said. “They never checked any weather forecasts.”

Because, of course, Texas and Colorado are climatically Identical, right?

Contrast this with some Japanese hikers who got caught out and survived ten days before being rescued, at which point they profusely apologized to rescuers for being such a burden.

Normally, I’ve no love for the Japanese but the contrast here is interesting.

Moral of the story is the same as always: you have to respect Mother Nature because she has absolutely no respect for you. Check the weather, take your Ten Essentials, tell someone where youre going, stick to your planned route, and if things look dicey…bail.

 

22 thoughts on “Article – Hikers had no gear on cold Colorado trail because it’s ‘so hot in Texas,’ officials say”

    • live in tx, not a native, but from further north of tx…i remember spring break about 7 years ago we went to co…ran in to a small blizzard and every car in the ditch had tx plates…i just kept driving my 25 mph and didn’t have any problems…they can’t drive in snow either…

  4. I think you’re right… idiots best describe this ‘lost tribe’.
    The trouble is today’s electronics make saving such dummies waaaaay to easy.

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  5. One thing I like about Japanese is you could leave a bicycle outside of a shop in Japan and nobody will walk away with it, even if left for a few weeks. Probably some thieving exceptions in their huge population, but generally true.
    They don’t have huge immigration coming to live there and are largely one people. Unlike US, where diversity is our strength.

    • I think the Japanese have very strict restrictions on who gets to imigrate to Japan permanently.

      • People give crap about the US being racist, but for institutionalized racism you have to go pretty far to beat Japan.

        • That’s why they have been in zero population growth since 1965. And it’s the main reason they spent so much money on robotics and automation technology.
          Europe as well but for different reasons. The socialist governments have incredibly high rates of taxation. It doesn’t leave much money to have kids. Most families have one child or none.
          This actually might be the reason Putin invaded Ukraine. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have been taken to Russia. Including children. These are being placed with Russian couples. The adults are being used for slave labor in various industries inside Russia.

    • US Navy let me grace Yokosuka with my presence briefly. I LOVED Japan. First time I ever felt completely safe walking down a twilight alley. OMG, so clean, too! My current significant other is a konsetsu.

  6. Well, they live in Texas, but are they native Texans? See, we are flooded with transplants from all over. Think Cali is invading Montana? They are but a pimple on a grizzlies ass. Forty years ago we had 4 million people. Now we are pushing 30 million. We ain’t been getting laid that much. Texas is just a myth anyway. Only 65 percent even speak English. People everywhere are the same. Except coastal Cali and the north east. They just trash. And a LOT of them have moved to Texas. Still trash, but living in Texas. (now in fairness, we have a whole lot of stupid turds that are native Texan, too).

    • Crip, you are right; yankees, left coasters, and ill-legals have simply over run our once great and proud state. Thank goodness they are mostly confined to Austin, SanAntone, Houston, and DFW, but there are a bunch of em that have leaked out into the country side. Even in my very very rural neck of the woods a damn californian bought the adjoining property and dug a “pond” with a back hoe and keeps his well running 24-7 pumping water into it….during a drought!! Just so he can watch some ducks swim around!!! About 5 neighbors share the aquifer that he is pumping out of….the day our wells run dry is the day his place…..use your imagination

        • Good point doc, but…what is your suggestion to preempt this hypothetical situation?

          • Hypothetical hell, it may actually happen. So what do you propose the neighbors do to prevent another one from purposely and selfishly using a precious resource that is in the eyes of the law a “communal resource “?

  9. You can blame that on the Party of Marx. When they started trying to legislate safety into everything it started with automobiles. Then moved on from there. Next time your at the home center go read a ladder. But you will also notice that this tendency was required because it coincided with the dumbing down in education.
    Stupid people, make that Commie Libs are by nature idiots. Add the perverted education system and here you have it. The Marxist had to legislate safety so the idiots their education system produced would live long enough to vote. And with luck be just intelligent enough to get a minimum wage job at fallen arches so they can pay taxes to help educate the next batch of morons the left seems to prefer.
    If nature were allowed to take its natural course none of the current crop of Commie turds currently in Congress would have ever lived long enough to run for office.

  10. I’m embarrassed to share a state with them…
    When I originally read the story, I remember thinking, “Please don’t be Texan…”
    only to be disappointed.
    That said, I submit that they must be from east of I-35.

    • Austin and San Antonio. The two library capitals of Texas. They are the modern day version if the Comanches.

    • Don’t get me wrong. I love Texas. I spent a good deal of time there years back. Company I worked for had interests there. Georgetown is great. Food is out of this world. I have friends and family there. The history of the state is fascinating. My avocation is history. Many hero’s came from Texas. It is one of my favorite states to visit.
      As far as idiots is concerned. Michigan has more then our share. Most work in Lansing. They are called the elected class. And there the Red Diaper Doper Babies proliferate.

  11. Agree, Nature doesn’t give a damn about you surviving the encounter. You are at its mercy and not giving due respect will school you, sometimes with terminal results.

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