Is there such a thing as too much adventure?

[Emanresu]

A scary cycling story with a happy / not happy ending. From Washington State in the US.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/cougar-attack-washington-state-cyclists

 

[Slick]

No, although that story is pretty horrific.

Well done them for protecting one another.

 

[Drago]

To answer the title, yes.

Leaving aside this example, too many people go looking for adventure, set forth woefully unprepared for said adventure, and then moan when they get more adventure than they bargained with (assuming they survived to be able to moan.)

Good to see the riders using their bike for a ground pin. Good call for a - presumably - rider untrained in UDT. They kept their cool, and they have some serious  cojones, metaphorically speaking.

 

[fossyant]

My mate had to keep an eye out for bears when he cycle toured Canada !

 

[SpokeyDokey]

It's only 'too much' when it goes wrong.

Sad that such a lovely animal died. I'm not saying that they had any option but to kill it to save a human life; but too many times animals suffer because humans step into their territory.

 

[Slick]

It's only 'too much' when it goes wrong.

Sad that such a lovely animal died. I'm not saying that they had any option but to kill it to save a human life; but too many times animals suffer because humans step into their territory.

Absolutely.

 

[cyberknight]

someone i ride with occasionally was a emergency 4x4 responder and i have heard a few stories about people woefully unprepared for situations .
In this case should the riders have been out in such an area? who knows .

 

[raleighnut]

My mate had to keep an eye out for bears when he cycle toured Canada !

Wasn't @vernons canada trip curtailed by bears ?

 

[Cathryn]

That's a terrifying story. When we lived in California, I was always very nervous of mountain lions when I used to run trails with friends! A mountain lion (cougar) actually killed a young man near Placerville a few months ago - we used to hike and run there regularly.

 

[blackrat]

A scary cycling story with a happy / not happy ending. From Washington State in the US.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/cougar-attack-washington-state-cyclists

As more territory is taken from wild animals, we should not be surprised animals become desperate.

 

[blackrat]

It's only 'too much' when it goes wrong.

Sad that such a lovely animal died. I'm not saying that they had any option but to kill it to save a human life; but too many times animals suffer because humans step into their territory.

Well said.

 

[HMS_Dave]

Yes, being woefully unprepared the main factor. My BiL had a lucky escape last year. Went to the lakes, he tried to get up Scafell Pike and down again in the same day. He's done it before. He is extremely fit but I said repeatedly that he wasn't prepared and that he was being ridiculous. Of course, the inevitable happened.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-64736602

It wasn't a nice phone call to get for my missus. Terrible day as I was preparing for the worst. He was found alive. The weather turned and he couldn't see a hand in front of him. He ended up falling down a waterfall and busted his knee was wet and confused. Lucky in the sense that it was unseasonably warm weather that night of he'd be a gonna. It was a mountain rescue dog that found him. Wonderful, fantastic animals and one lucky lucky bloke.

 

[presta]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ktRhBcHza4

 

[wafter]

Well, that looks terrifying

Personally if in an environment where there were creatures willing and able to kill me, I'd always want an appropriate means of defence. Assuming it's legal to carry firearms in that state it seems almost negligent not to in that situation..

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My mate had to keep an eye out for bears when he cycle toured Canada !

They are usually in the bars