From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/15/2024 9:13 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m18quqowx8.fsf@void.com...   
   >   
   > The value to society of seeing where our forebearers scraped a living is   
   > so very very high.   
   > So the risks while known are accepted.  Someone somewhere will be in the   
   > wrong place at the wrong time - but to lose contact with forebearers and   
   > continuity is a "no way" for our societies.   
   > ----------------------------------   
   >   
   > I live in a somewhat sparsely populated hilly to mountainous state next   
   > to a flat highly urban one whose residents flock here for vacations.   
   > Over the weekend the TV ran a warning that hiking in the mountains   
   > requires more cold weather preparation than many arrive with, being used   
   > to always having warm indoor shelter nearby. Specifically, don't climb   
   > in October wearing sneakers or even shorts and sandals. Crosses mark   
   > where hikers froze to death in July. Several times I've seen mountain   
   > hikers very poorly prepared for the arctic wind and cold and deep snow   
   > at altitude while it's sunny and warm where they parked, a few miles   
   > away. While descending late in the day in January, equipped as for Mt   
   > Everest, we met and escorted back a group of teens struggling uphill   
   > through the snow in light jackets and sneakers. Another hiker and I made   
   > winter gear and were testing my goose down parka and his snowshoe   
   > climbing grips.   
   >   
   > NH mountains aren't particularly high but their weather can be similar   
   > to northern Labrador. We don't benefit from Gulf Stream warmth as you   
   > do, we get Norwegian cold (-20C) at Italian latitude (42N). Our   
   > urbanites have become used to thinking that the world is safe and not   
   > staying alert or taking precautions.   
   >   
      
      Sounds like a good way to cull the incurably stupid among us ... our   
   culture has pretty much eliminated natural selection .   
   --   
   Snag   
   Voting for Kamabla after Biden   
   is like changing your shirt because   
   you shit your pants .   
      
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