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to give you guys an idea of the type of terrain i intend on setting up camp here are a few pics
on the tops of "plateaus" like these
Research lightning coming off those peaks. It's different than regular lightning (something about negative and positive being reversed, or something like that, I forget)....
...but the point is, if my memory serves me correctly, you get hit on what you are talking about, there is no hospital. It just straight up kills you. I can't seem to find anything on it ass to mouth, but I firmly remember reading an article about how dangerous it is compared to regular lighting.
There are so many dangerous things in the wild.
I once camped in nice dry weather, near a lake. I woke up and my tent felt like a water bed. I was like WTF? I looked up and the outer mesh of my tent was covered in thousands of spiders.
I looked outside and I was now in the fucking lake. I was in Alabama. The game warden said it was all the snow melting in Tennessee, etc... running into Alabama. This wasn't a real flash flood, but it could have been, and apparently those things give no fucking warning whatsoever. Just last year entire families were killed by a flash flood, while camping. By the time anyone knew about it, it was too late to warn them. I believe everyone out there died.
Anyway, I slosh through the water and load all my stuff up and go to a new campsite at higher ground. I left several things behind on a picnic table that was away from my camp site, which the water had not reached yet.
I came back to get my stuff, and the water was about 2 inches from the top of the table. I was going to swim out there, but a local warned me about the ants and snakes. Sure enough, there were all these ants (maybe fire ants I think) that got together to form a raft to stay a float. So what looked like just a large ball of moss or something, was thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of ants.
Long story short, I rushed to Walmart and bought a pool raft and a paddle, and paddled out there to get my shit.
What a pain in the ass that was. I learned my lessons about camping near water without first talking to game wardens, locals, etc... Always, even when there is no sight of foul weather anywhere, inquire about the safety of the area you are traversing or camping.
Locals and wardens will fill you with advice. It's free and easy to obtain. People usually like and respect others who camp, hike, etc... and are willing to engage in conversation, so just ask around if you are not familiar. It could save your life.
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