A group of women afraid to go a few feet into the woods? Guy falls out of tree at night and impaled for 14 hours? What are they smoking up there?
Considering your stated hypothesis is completely in error, you should read more carefully.
What is a 37 year old man doing climbing a tree in the woods alone?
While I completely agree with most of the others on this thread (the girls were right to avoid the apparent or even possible ambush and summon men for help), you might like this thread.
Female Runner Tackles Alleged Flasher on Massachusetts Running Path
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3767188/posts
“It was not his lucky day, because I just decided it was not going to happen,” the woman, who said she was a former member of the Israeli military, told the local ABC affiliate afterward.
Yes!