We are all having a laugh at these women’s expense. They had a terrifying night.
While it is human to laugh at other people’s problems, consider that these women likely had never been in a river before. They never were exposed to raw nature before.
They trusted the advice of a stranger. It is hard to get outside of our personal worldview, and the people on freerepublic are several steps above average (yes, that is a frightening thought).
People on freerepublic are smarter, better informed, wiser, more sophisticated, better educated, older and better off than the average, by considerable amounts.
Didn’t we all do some stupid things when we were young?
Maybe not in our 20’s, but in our teens?
There may well be things that these women know about that we do not (such as the best time to visit their local mall, for instance).
I suggest a small amount of empathy to temper the humor of the situation.
“There may well be things that these women know about that we do not (such as the best time to visit their local mall, for instance).”
The time a store opens has nothing to do with the laws of nature. Water flowing downhill does. If you pour a cup of coffee, the coffee goes DOWN into the cup, not UP into the coffee pot. Most people notice that by the time they are 5...
While it is human to laugh at other people’s problems, consider that these women likely had never been in a river before. They never were exposed to raw nature before.
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Which is the exact reason Lord Baden-Powell started the Boy Scouts.
His experiences in the Boer War showed that city kids didn't know anything about the outdoors. Over a century later and that is still true.
You know, they had the guts to try something they never had tried before.
I admire that.
They got out of their comfort zone.
Good for them. They had an adventure.
My daughter and her roommate wanted to go backpacking on an island in Lake Michigan. She called for some advice.
“How are you getting to the island?”
“Canoe.”
“How far is it?”
“Nine miles.”
“NO”
Once they realized that was stupid, they took a ferry.
We had several training conversations, developed a backup plan, filed a trip plan with a local friend and had a blast.
The wilderness can hurt. Bad. But if you’re in control, it’s a lot better. Hopefully these young ladies learned a valuable lesson. After all, it’s not an adventure until something goes wrong.
Ahhh no. The only people who would believe that a river goes in a circle are those who would believe that Guam will “tip over and capsize”, ie children and idiots.