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(NJ.com)   Family of man who frequently went hiking by himself in 4,000-acre natural reservation says it was uncharacteristic of him to go by himself in 4,000-acre natural reservation and then die there. He'd never done that before   (nj.com) divider line
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sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 8:47:26 PM  
Odds are good he won't do it again. So there is that. Which is nice. I guess.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:40:26 PM  
I spend a lot of time in the woods alone.
Sometimes unarmed.
But this guy...
 
MrBallou [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 9:55:21 PM  
Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.
 
The Third Man [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:22:33 AM  
There's got to be a first time for everything.
 
foo monkey
2023-02-06 12:22:47 AM  
OooOoooOoH. Someone has a 4,000 acre nature preserve to walk around in while the rest of us have to share the primate house with the gorillas who have turds the size of my children. WooOoooooOOoo.
 
robodog
2023-02-06 12:40:33 AM  
I go hiking alone in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park all the damn time, it's 33k acres and I do my best to stay away from other people most of the time. If I keel over while hiking then so be it, I will have quite literally died doing what I love but it won't be because I was hiking alone, it'll be because my heart suddenly stopped working which tends to kill you no matter where you are.
 
Teddy Brosevelt
2023-02-06 12:41:44 AM  

MrBallou: Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.


I guess that depends how I'd die... "Turned into grizzley bear sex toy" doesn't sound like the best way to go out, whether or not it's in my favorite hiking area.
 
johnny_vegas [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:42:48 AM  

Teddy Brosevelt: "Turned into grizzley bear sex toy" doesn't sound like the best way to go out, whether or not it's in my favorite hiking area.


Wait, that's an option??
 
StressMonk
2023-02-06 12:45:48 AM  

johnny_vegas: Teddy Brosevelt: "Turned into grizzley bear sex toy" doesn't sound like the best way to go out, whether or not it's in my favorite hiking area.

Wait, that's an option??


That isn't always an option in your life?
 
SurelyShirley
2023-02-06 12:51:39 AM  

vudukungfu: I spend a lot of time in the woods alone.
Sometimes unarmed.
But this guy...


MrBallou: Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.


I spend most of my life in woods alone, as Mrs Shirley is working out of state. I'm never armed. No need to. I love and respect wildlife (we have wolves, bears, cougars, coyotes and f*cking honey badgers), and they always leave me alone (full disclosure, I tend to have a bunch of dogs with me).

As far as the nice hike to a favorite place and not coming back...yeah, I've got that one picked out, and it's glorious. It's one of those places where people would be like "what would you want the last thing to see in your life" and I'm sure most people would say "my spouse/family" etc, but naw, I have my spot. I hope, I'll be able to choose when the time comes.
 
Windmill Cancer Survivor
2023-02-06 12:59:31 AM  
The actor Julian Sands (Room with a View, Smallville) has been missing for about a month. The 65 year old also liked to go hiking alone. I believe that any searches have been suspended.
 
Billy Liar
2023-02-06 1:03:23 AM  
Sounds like a Bucket List item
 
sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 1:12:25 AM  

Windmill Cancer Survivor: The actor Julian Sands (Room with a View, Smallville) has been missing for about a month. The 65 year old also liked to go hiking alone. I believe that any searches have been suspended.


Weather there was shiat for the whole week after his hike.. His body might not turn up until Summer (depending on altitude.)
 
Birnone
2023-02-06 1:30:44 AM  

Windmill Cancer Survivor: The actor Julian Sands (Room with a View, Smallville) has been missing for about a month. The 65 year old also liked to go hiking alone. I believe that any searches have been suspended.


People die on Mt Baldy every year. I think people underestimate how dangerous it is because it's so close to highly populated and developed Los Angeles county. People think it's not far enough away from civilization to be wild. I've been up there, I used to mountain bike on trails around there. It may not be the Himalayas but it'll kill you pretty quickly if you fark up. He's the most famous person I've heard of dying up there. I know it's not official but come on. It's weird looking up at Mt Baldy and thinking that someone I've seen in movies and tv shows is up there, maybe forever.
 
omnimancer28
2023-02-06 1:40:36 AM  

Windmill Cancer Survivor: The actor Julian Sands (Room with a View, SmallvilleWarlock) has been missing for about a month. The 65 year old also liked to go hiking alone. I believe that any searches have been suspended.


I fixed that for you, but that news still sucks.  He is always fun to watch.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 3:31:00 AM  

Teddy Brosevelt: MrBallou: Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.

I guess that depends how I'd die... "Turned into grizzley bear sex toy" doesn't sound like the best way to go out, whether or not it's in my favorite hiking area.


Grizzly bears are a bit thin on the ground in New Jersey. I suspect that he was a different species' sex toy in the end.
 
jackandwater
2023-02-06 4:07:53 AM  

robodog: I go hiking alone in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park all the damn time, it's 33k acres and I do my best to stay away from other people most of the time. If I keel over while hiking then so be it, I will have quite literally died doing what I love but it won't be because I was hiking alone, it'll be because my heart suddenly stopped working which tends to kill you no matter where you are.


Hi neighbor!  NFLHOF city here.

I've been to that park.  It is really nice.
 
jackandwater
2023-02-06 4:11:16 AM  

Windmill Cancer Survivor: The actor Julian Sands (Room with a View, Smallville) has been missing for about a month. The 65 year old also liked to go hiking alone. I believe that any searches have been suspended.


I think maybe he got some bad health news and decided to go out his way.  Or not...no one will ever know.
 
Prof. Frink [BareFark]
2023-02-06 4:28:11 AM  

Gordon Bennett: Teddy Brosevelt: MrBallou: Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.

I guess that depends how I'd die... "Turned into grizzley bear sex toy" doesn't sound like the best way to go out, whether or not it's in my favorite hiking area.

Grizzly bears are a bit thin on the ground in New Jersey. I suspect that he was a different species' sex toy in the end.


in the end, and also what killed him.
 
barefoot2008
2023-02-06 6:07:09 AM  
He left his cell phone at home but brought along a credit card? Shouldn't that be the other way around? Where was he going to use a credit card?
 
H31N0US
2023-02-06 6:11:34 AM  
That's a suicide, possible OD.
 
Another Government Employee
2023-02-06 7:38:32 AM  

H31N0US: That's a suicide, possible OD.


Don't count out slip and fall followed by hypothermia.
 
offacue [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:57:20 AM  

Another Government Employee: H31N0US: That's a suicide, possible OD.

Don't count out slip and fall followed by hypothermia.


Was he vaccinated.  He could have just dropped dead because he was vaccinated.  Everybody who got the fake vaccine is going to die.
 
Nocrash [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 8:09:16 AM  

barefoot2008: He left his cell phone at home but brought along a credit card? Shouldn't that be the other way around? Where was he going to use a credit card?


THIS. Farkers assume suicide but accident or medical issue is possible.  Never go alone into the woods (or the hog pen) without your cell phone. Heard of a chopper pilot who made a forced landing and broke his ankle and wrecked the aviation radio.  Near sunset and had forgotten his cell phone. He had to drag his broken ankle about a half mile across a field to attract attention from passing cars. With my aircraft engine running ready to takeoff, I have shut it down to go back for my cell phone. Even Better. I personally know a guy who crashed and broke his back but cell phone could not be reached  because it was in a backpack and not on his person. Fortunately there were witnesses who could call for help.
 
CheekyMonkey
2023-02-06 8:47:30 AM  

SurelyShirley: vudukungfu: I spend a lot of time in the woods alone.
Sometimes unarmed.
But this guy...

MrBallou: Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.

I spend most of my life in woods alone, as Mrs Shirley is working out of state. I'm never armed. No need to. I love and respect wildlife (we have wolves, bears, cougars, coyotes and f*cking honey badgers), and they always leave me alone (full disclosure, I tend to have a bunch of dogs with me).

As far as the nice hike to a favorite place and not coming back...yeah, I've got that one picked out, and it's glorious. It's one of those places where people would be like "what would you want the last thing to see in your life" and I'm sure most people would say "my spouse/family" etc, but naw, I have my spot. I hope, I'll be able to choose when the time comes.


I find this unlikely.

Cougars - North and South America.
Coyotes - North America.
Honey Badgers - Africa parts of Asia.

\unless you hike a lot at the zoo
 
phedex
2023-02-06 9:16:49 AM  

Birnone: Windmill Cancer Survivor: The actor Julian Sands (Room with a View, Smallville) has been missing for about a month. The 65 year old also liked to go hiking alone. I believe that any searches have been suspended.

People die on Mt Baldy every year. I think people underestimate how dangerous it is because it's so close to highly populated and developed Los Angeles county. People think it's not far enough away from civilization to be wild. I've been up there, I used to mountain bike on trails around there. It may not be the Himalayas but it'll kill you pretty quickly if you fark up. He's the most famous person I've heard of dying up there. I know it's not official but come on. It's weird looking up at Mt Baldy and thinking that someone I've seen in movies and tv shows is up there, maybe forever.


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MrBallou [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 9:54:34 AM  

CheekyMonkey: SurelyShirley: vudukungfu: I spend a lot of time in the woods alone.
Sometimes unarmed.
But this guy...

MrBallou: Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.

I spend most of my life in woods alone, as Mrs Shirley is working out of state. I'm never armed. No need to. I love and respect wildlife (we have wolves, bears, cougars, coyotes and f*cking honey badgers), and they always leave me alone (full disclosure, I tend to have a bunch of dogs with me).

As far as the nice hike to a favorite place and not coming back...yeah, I've got that one picked out, and it's glorious. It's one of those places where people would be like "what would you want the last thing to see in your life" and I'm sure most people would say "my spouse/family" etc, but naw, I have my spot. I hope, I'll be able to choose when the time comes.

I find this unlikely.

Cougars - North and South America.
Coyotes - North America.
Honey Badgers - Africa parts of Asia.

\unless you hike a lot at the zoo


Fark user imageView Full Size


They go where they want.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 10:03:20 AM  

Birnone: Windmill Cancer Survivor: The actor Julian Sands (Room with a View, Smallville) has been missing for about a month. The 65 year old also liked to go hiking alone. I believe that any searches have been suspended.

People die on Mt Baldy every year. I think people underestimate how dangerous it is because it's so close to highly populated and developed Los Angeles county. People think it's not far enough away from civilization to be wild. I've been up there, I used to mountain bike on trails around there. It may not be the Himalayas but it'll kill you pretty quickly if you fark up. He's the most famous person I've heard of dying up there. I know it's not official but come on. It's weird looking up at Mt Baldy and thinking that someone I've seen in movies and tv shows is up there, maybe forever.


The mountain lions have been numerous and hungry this year, alas. There have been several females with multiple cubs.
 
SurelyShirley
2023-02-06 10:20:48 AM  

CheekyMonkey: SurelyShirley: vudukungfu: I spend a lot of time in the woods alone.
Sometimes unarmed.
But this guy...

MrBallou: Everybody has to die sooner or later and there are a lot of ways to go. I guess if I got to choose, taking a nice hike into a favorite place and not coming back would be pretty good.

I spend most of my life in woods alone, as Mrs Shirley is working out of state. I'm never armed. No need to. I love and respect wildlife (we have wolves, bears, cougars, coyotes and f*cking honey badgers), and they always leave me alone (full disclosure, I tend to have a bunch of dogs with me).

As far as the nice hike to a favorite place and not coming back...yeah, I've got that one picked out, and it's glorious. It's one of those places where people would be like "what would you want the last thing to see in your life" and I'm sure most people would say "my spouse/family" etc, but naw, I have my spot. I hope, I'll be able to choose when the time comes.

I find this unlikely.

Cougars - North and South America.
Coyotes - North America.
Honey Badgers - Africa parts of Asia.

\unless you hike a lot at the zoo



Thrown in as an attempt at humor.
Don't blame me, though, I was born and raised in Germany.
 
Prof. Frink [BareFark]
2023-02-06 11:29:59 AM  

offacue: Another Government Employee: H31N0US: That's a suicide, possible OD.

Don't count out slip and fall followed by hypothermia.

Was he vaccinated.  He could have just dropped dead because he was vaccinated.  Everybody who got the fake vaccine is going to die.


Couldn't EMS just follow the 5G signal like a beacon?

/mmm, beacon
 
Smelly Pirate Hooker
2023-02-06 12:12:17 PM  
Ignore the #1 recommendation at your peril. Literally peril. Esp. in the winter. Lots of people think they can handle cold because it doesn't bother them under ideal conditions. Add injury, darkness and rain or snow and it gets dangerous really fast.
 
Evil Mackerel
2023-02-06 12:26:49 PM  
Totally worth the price.

Fark user imageView Full Size

Garmin inReach® Mini | Hiking GPS | Satellite
 
morg
2023-02-06 1:08:05 PM  
Get a brain, Zamorano.
 
Another Government Employee
2023-02-06 1:18:05 PM  

Evil Mackerel: Totally worth the price.

[Fark user image 600x600]
Garmin inReach® Mini | Hiking GPS | Satellite


The plus is these work in hollows the cell signal can't go.

/ Always in my pack in North Carolina
 
meathome
2023-02-06 4:40:47 PM  

Another Government Employee: Evil Mackerel: Totally worth the price.

[Fark user image 600x600]
Garmin inReach® Mini | Hiking GPS | Satellite

The plus is these work in hollows the cell signal can't go.

/ Always in my pack in North Carolina


I carry something similar, in addition to a shortwave.

Nearly every time I read about some kind of similar story (where someone died), you always find out that the people involved didn't have any method of communication if something went wrong.  In the cases where everyone survived, it was usually because they did (or they were smart enough to be able to signal their location and were spotted quickly).
 
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