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>Be British
>Decide to go on a day hike in the wilderness of Canada
>Make sure to have up to date paramedicine and "Hillwaking" certifications
>Have advanced medical kit with field sutures, antivenom and defibrillator
>Bring 5 days worth of food, specially calculated down to the last calorie
>Wear the latest RAB™, BG™, and Fjällräven™ clothes
>Wear my new Ray Mears bushlore knife
>Bring a GPS with latest maps, InReach communicator, Iridum satphone, and PLB
>Leave a highly detailed routeplan with the local authorities
>Quickly pick up 2 cans of Bear Spray and Flares to defend form predators.
>Go on a hike on a well known route
>Still somehow manage to get need the local SAR to come get me.
I'm Canadian, and I'm lucky to live very close to some prime /out/ings. I always make sure I'm prepared and have what I need when I go /out/, but I find that people from the UK take a particularly autistic approach to going /out/. Is it because the never get out normally?
