“I may be outmoded but my perspective was that millennials are fearless.”
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Fearless? Possibly…or too inexperienced to know better, and too arrogant about their modern tools to even have a Plan B…IOW, STUPID. No, not all of them, but very disproportionately compared to prior generations.
I agree it is a generational concern. Upon reflection I would guess that I learned a lot from watching the usual 50s and 60s action tv shows when I was a boomer kid. Millennials also watched tv as kids but it was stuff like “friends,” which perhaps is not oriented as much towards illustrating life lessons unless life consists of living in a New York City apartment with comedically inclined buddies and flirts.
The millennials understand the excitement of putting oneself to some small extent in harms way in order to gain the rewards of experiencing the joys of the wilderness, but they lack the training and discipline to handle the challenges the come with being in harms way. much of the “blame” might be due to pop culture.
back to the original victim, i wont make excuses for him but at least he was able to keep himself alive until rescued.
When everyone around you is in panic, screaming and yelling, and you are calm and collected, you truly do not understand the gravity of the situation:)