All the more reason he should have been examined at the H. The SAR guys don't deserve having to deal with some people. You ride out, you get checked out.
Course, they may have had fun.
Having been involved in search and rescue while living in Sheridan Wyoming there were times it was just fun to pull out all the toys and have some thing the practice on. This sounds to some degree what occurred in this case.
Yes you would assume that common sense would have kept the hiker from getting in this situation but alas common sense is often the least common thing possessed. He at least listened to his body saying stay put. At 62 he still has time to make the Darwin awards final round in the future.
Great idea! Throw out MONA (morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerine, aspirin) and give folks having an MI Shaklee shakes. The cure for all ills.Originally Posted by rcli4
If he had a heart attack all he needed was a Shakalee Shake.]
Clyde
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
I am not trying to stir the pot here. But your reply is exactly what I was talking about. Severe chest pain is only one possible symptom of heart attack. Severe fatigue is much more common. Chest pain just looks good on TV. Your left arm losing feeling or hurting is probably most common. A lot of folks get cramps in there fingers or toes.
Clyde
I am not a Doctor, just a heart attack survivor.
Or jaw pain.
Did you think of the internet?
SGT Rock
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Every day. Whenever I hike, I always think of what people will write about me in their trailjournals or their blogs. Fortunately, I don't meet many people on the trails I hike that do such things
Don't forget diaphoresis, feeling of iminent doom, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, and palpitations.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
If I have all that I don't think I will think of No Such A Thing As a Warraghiyagey
SGT Rock
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My 2008 Trail Journal of the BMT/AT
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Glad you spelled that one. Not sure who dreamt up inpharkshion, but it must have been one odd bird.
No erections lasting for more than four hours?
I get all those pharmaceutical commercials mixed up.
Skids
Insanity: Asking about inseams over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Another symptom is the need to get a ride in to Hot Springs.
You mean infarction.
If you have an erection lasting more than 4 hours and are not on a medication to get it that way, do not go to the ER or call your doctor. Put it to good use.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
I mostly hike alone and away from other folks these days. I don't want anyone to know how slow I've become. (Though a bit faster than anyone else I know my age.)
But having watched and in some cases been responsible for several people in their final months, there's something to be said for a quick exit.
Weary
No. No I didn't. But are you willing to take the chance that the next guy won't? Have you read Jan Liteshoe's book about the Long Trail. I was her hiking partner. She tells in the book about me falling out on the way up Stratton Mountain. I rested a while (an hour?) and went on to the top. While I was laying there thinking about how stupid I was for pushing to hard I did think about what my friends on the net were going to think. But that was probably because Jan was with me and is one of those internet friends.
Clyde
Actually, if you used that logic, we wouldn't even recommend that someone goes in the woods in case they get hurt. I don't think everyone should be afraid that this thread will suddenly endanger people on the trail because there is this slight chance that some guy that read it will decide not to call for help when he needs it because hooch made an erection joke.
Really, perspective.
I hate to say this, but you are way way over thinking this.
SGT Rock
http://hikinghq.net
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But you know you would be wondering where Mattewski was>
Clyde
And I made the erection joke.
Skids
Insanity: Asking about inseams over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Really, perspective.
I hate to say this, but you are way way over thinking this.[/QUOTE]
Your right. You win. I was not meaning to offend you. A thread started to tell the story about an overweight hiker falling out on the trail just seemed like the right place to make people more aware of health issues. My bad. The fat SOB should have got up off his fat arse and walked out and had a shake and a viagra.
You didn't offend me. Have a good one.
SGT Rock
http://hikinghq.net
My 2008 Trail Journal of the BMT/AT
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NO SNIVELING
It's all good Clyde. We(men especially)joke about it more than we should. Probably a fear defense.Your right. You win. I was not meaning to offend you. A thread started to tell the story about an overweight hiker falling out on the trail just seemed like the right place to make people more aware of health issues. My bad. The fat SOB should have got up off his fat arse and walked out and had a shake and a viagra.
Didn't mean to contribute to minimizing the dangers and warning signs. Education is good.
Skids
Insanity: Asking about inseams over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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