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[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

90% of missing hikers get lost in serviced areas.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pure curiosity , I wonder how many of those are capable of making a call when they need help?

It's great to have service at the bottom of a ravine, but if I cracked my skull falling there, it's quite a misleading stat

[–] tlou3please@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I sometimes go solo wild camping and I've had a few moments where I've thought "shit, I'm actually in trouble here". My country is small so even in the wilderness you can usually get signal of some sort. But I never called for help, due to a mixture of embarrassment and not wanting to waste time and resources for a problem I created myself. Not including the countless times I've simply gotten lost.

I always got out fine by myself in the end, but I can totally see how people end up in some pretty bad situations or maybe even dying without calling for help.