Miscellaneous: Today, I went for a hike with the local search and rescue volunteer...

By Wouldntitbeniceif - 01/05/2009 03:13 - United States

Today, I went for a hike with the local search and rescue volunteer group that I recently joined. I got lost and spent 5 hours wandering aimlessly. FML

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By Where? - 23/08/2023 08:00 - Canada - Calgary

Today, I went on a hike with friends, but as I'm the worst outdoorsperson because I rarely venture outside of the city, I ended up getting lost in some woods after straying from our group. I ended up having to call 911 to be rescued. My friends will absolutely not let me live this ordeal down. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/11/2023 10:00 - Australia

Today, I went on a hiking date with my significant other. Trying to be adventurous and assertive, I suggested we take a shortcut through the woods. We got hopelessly lost and ended up spending the night in a deserted ranger station. Turns out, my idea of adventure is not quite as romantic as it sounds. FML

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Wandering soul

By Anonymous - 13/11/2024 12:00 - United States

Today, I went on a scenic hike to clear my head and ended up lost for two hours. When I finally found my way back, I noticed the trail signs had big, bright arrows. How did I miss those? FML

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Close call

By Anonymous - 09/11/2023 06:00 - Canada

Today, I went on a relaxing nature hike to de-stress. I got lost for hours, encountered a bear, and had to play dead, only for the bear to steal my sandwich then sit there for hours before finally leaving. FML

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By Me - 27/09/2015 09:53 - Australia

Today, I tried taking a shortcut through a nature trail, hoping to save myself some time getting back to my car. I ended up getting lost for nearly 3 hours and getting to work nearly 2 hours late. FML

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Freak out

By use your brain mother - 16/06/2015 05:47 - United States - Springville

Today, I told my mom I was going hiking with a couple of friends and wouldn't be back for four or more hours. Not even two hours later, she called the cops and reported us as missing. She didn't realize that we wouldn't have service up the canyon so we could call her back. FML

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By UTurn - 09/08/2019 04:00

Today, I lost my phone during a hike up Mount Washington. Luckily, it was reported to the office, and they called my wife. Too bad we had already been driving for at least four hours. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/05/2016 14:03 - United States - Salem

Today, I had my first real break from work in ages, so I decided to go hiking. Less than 20 minutes in, I tumbled a couple hundred feet down a steep hill, broke my leg and several toes, and lay there in agony for an eternity before I was finally rescued. FML

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Take a hike

By bummed - 14/04/2014 01:57

Today, my family and I went on a hike to a local abandoned gold mine, with the hopes of being able to explore the caves. What we didn't expect was four miles of treacherous, rocky, near vertical trails that led to the mine. Once we finally got there, exhausted, it was blocked off for safety reasons. FML

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By why?? - 20/04/2014 04:52 - United States - Englewood

Today, I went hiking with my family. A local had told us about the trail, saying the two mile walk would lead us to a seventy-foot waterfall. After seven miles of trekking in the sweltering sun with no food, we finally found the waterfall. It was barely ten feet tall. FML

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eriecftw 0

Friday 1 May 2009 14:07

Don't join the search team if you don't know what you're doing! you could have made it that much harder on everyone else by getting lost along with whoever y'all were searching for in the first place.

24788 6

Friday 1 May 2009 14:02

Sounds like a fun time.

Comments

shaPOW 0

Friday 1 May 2009 15:51

you didn't have a cell phone with you? or even a map or SOME way to find your way if you got lost in the woods? it must have sucked, but you should have been prepared.

SamuraiDeli 0

Friday 1 May 2009 15:51

Cell phone? Compass? Map? Radio? Walkie-talkie?

rukusrazor 0

Friday 1 May 2009 15:58

First day of training: Sun rises in the east. Know your surroundings. Guess you were kicked out of that group.

zzyx 0

Friday 1 May 2009 16:05

Really? You wandered around aimlessly for five hours? If you're part of a search and rescue group, you should know that the ONE major thing you should do when you get lost is STAY PUT. Wandering around aimlessly makes it extraordinarily difficult for anyone to find you. You, sir, are an idiot. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Being part of a search and rescue group makes not knowing that inexcusable.

StopWhiningPpl 0

Friday 1 May 2009 17:25

That sucks. You're an idiot.

DizzyDemon0 9

Friday 1 May 2009 18:23

You obviously didn't learn anything. I bet you don't have a map, no compass training, no supplies and fire-starters, and have no survival training at all. If you ever would like to know how to do any of that stuff...call me..I will take you up a mountain and all around and teach you all sorts of things..otherwise..stay away from the mountains and trails... and your local S&R team sounds like a joke.

Kyky_fml 0

Friday 1 May 2009 19:23

Uh isn't the first rule of getting lost to stay put? Maybe it wouldn't have been 5 hours if you had stayed put and let your group find you? Just a thought.