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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:06 PM Original message |
Man dies of thirst during survival test |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. someone's gettin sued |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. I hope.. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
63. personal responsibility? |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Um, if you are so out of it that you are talking to trees, |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Well if they could tell he was talking to trees, |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, I guess he failed the test? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. Pass/Fail Seems Inappropriate For This n/t |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. I guess he failed the survivor test.......... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Human stupidity never ceases to amaze me. |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I bet there is a release of responsibility clause.... |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Yep. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. They should not rely on someone reading the material |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. It's a business..... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Businesses have a duty to not hide behind the fine print |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. I'm guessing the court/jury will want the school to shoulder...... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Won't stop a lawsuit. n/t |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. The is nothing unmanly about water, I never go into the desert without |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I was stationed in the Mojave Desert in the early 70's |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
53. I moved from New England to Tucson, we sure do have a pretty country |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Character-building experience?" |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. The guy must have had a physical problem. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Well, it did say he was from New Jersey. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. 10 hrs in the HOT sun. Dehydration sets in fast |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Nope. People in Texas are NOT used to the heat. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. You dehydrate more quickly in the desert, especially at altitude |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. You don't drink anything under the hot sun in Texas? |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Gosh what do they call this "experience" the Bataan Death March? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. For survival you should be able to drink your own urine. |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. He'll be nominated for the Darwin Awards |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. He may have lost his life |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. That was my first reaction too. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. It would seem he won the award automatically |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. When you start talking to tree, you've failed the excercise. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. The course is intended to push people "past THOSE FALSE LIMITS your mind has set for your body." |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Some people have to prove to themselves something. I don't know what but it sounds fucked up to me. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. He should have watched Survivorman and Man vs. Wild first |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. I have seen bullshit like this. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. With one difference |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. True. There have been deaths in the Ranger Course, however. |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. Depriving one's body of water is not so much a test |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Sorry, but I think the Darwin Award goes to the "Instructors". The guy FAILED when he talked |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Jesus, what a bunch of dumbasses. |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Darwin awards nominee (nm) |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. "led by expert guides" |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Basic medicine? How about "common sense"? |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Comon sense |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Common sense? How 'bout simple humanity? |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. "'He said he could not go on,' staff member O'Neal wrote...[He] didn't inform Buschow about his |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. That's what makes me think there's more to it they're not saying |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've been on hikes with the Sierra Club in hot weather and remote areas..... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 04:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. They *prevented* him filling his water bottle at the start of the day |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. If I were that guy's family, I'd SUE the "survival program" |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. There has to be a LOT more to this |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Thanks for posting that site. This guy was no idiot. |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
70. He may have had a virus coming on that he wasn't aware of - |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. Reminds of that woman killed by Dahn Yoga at their Arizona compound |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. This, my friends, is Darwinism in action..... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Gutless wimps not getting laid is also "Darwinism in action". Just sayin'... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. There's a word for this: stupidity n/t |
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Screwfly (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. How fast heat kills |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. good thing they didn't interrupt |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 04:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. exactly. why doesn't someone think of the built character? |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
51. Darwin award by proxy? |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
56. See, the human body doesn't really need water in 100-degree heat. |
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Strathos (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
60. They should sue his family for him being so stupid |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. At what point do you think he should have attacked the guides? |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
61. I nominate him for the 2007 Darwin Awards |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
64. These guys are experst until someone gets killed. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
67. But did he PASS the test? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
69. Um, idiot alert? |
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