HIKING QUIZ

“Found this short hiking quiz today while surfing around...

Prevention Hiking Quiz”

“I got 6 of 8 right”

“I know for sure you got that one about I mile per hr. my @ss 1 mile per hr obviously they never met you Dude. LOL
6 out of 8 too”

“What can I say. hehehe

I thought 8 miles in 4 hours was a little low myself too.”

“Yikes, I got 5 out of 8 right.”

“7 of 8. That 1 MPH on moderately hilly terrain sounds a bit bogus. I would say 1 MPH on steep stuff, plus they didn't mention amount carried.

I do feel the one about the lightning wasn't specific enough.”

“7 out of 8!

Damn trees!”

“I got 6 of eight as well. That 1 mile an hour crap has to be wrong. I climbed the North rim of the canyon in under 6 hours including the half hour for lunch, and that was heavy uphill with stopping every five minutes for the damn mules (but that's another story). Sounds like a bunch of weaklings. It was at women.com after all. (j/k)”

“5/8. I misread the sprained ankle one. I thought it was a go up or go down question, which is better. oops. Then the 1 mph, and lightning. Oh well.”

“Mine was the lightning, phone, and the length of time for hiking.”

“Stupid mileage thing! What are they, grandmas??? Okay, I'm done venting now. :-) That was my only wrong one....”

“I got that milage thing wrong too. Also the part about staying on trails I didn't agree with. I like to do a little cross country my self.”

“What kinda trick questions were those? The lighting and mileage time and the sprain questions got me too. You don't know how many times I have come gimping off the trail. You know those "old football injurys" or that "trick knee" story.”

“I got the MPH one right but for the wrong reason, I figure about 2.5 MPH +/-, I guess they figure everyone hikes the same pace. The trees and lightening question was rather vague, a clump of tress, forest or just a couple of trees? How severe is the ankle sprain?

BTW, Letterman's about to bring a bear guy on.”

“I got 7 out of 8 right.

I chose corectly on the mileage question just because I know that 1 mile per hour on hilly terrain is consistent with all the current hiking literature. Although that is a very conservative figure.

The lightning question is too vague, but in general, their answer is wrong. The only time you should seek shelter under a tree is if you are deep in a forest, surrounded by many trees. Where the chances of lightning hitting your tree are lowered because of the amount of trees. In general, lightning will seek out the tallest object around. In fact, sheltering from rain under a tree is often a factor in people being struck. This is according to the NOAA and the National Severe Storms Laboratory.”

“7/8

1 mph is conservative in moderately hilly terrain.
Shelter from a lightning storm?...give me a break...too vague.”

“6/8. lightning and sprain did not provide enough information to answer, and 1 mph was iffy. since they therefore shouldn't count, i got a 100.”

“Hell, I got 50%,right/wrong in there minds.These are situation question! Questions too vague!Dumb Bear! LOL”

“same ones wrong as everyone else! they should've consulted us before writting that quiz.”

“Lets stara company:

"The Trail Talk Knowitall Consulting Group"

Ask us anything!”

“Yeah! What will our fee be? REI and Campmor gift certificates and beer? Boxes of green jello?”

“7 of 8. The lightning question. Sh!t !!”

“7 of 8.
I was picturing an isolated clump of trees, not the forest - trick question - I want my money back!”

“I got the mileage right because I read the first few posts, although 1 mph for me in really steep terrain is about right. missed lightening and sprained ankle”

“7 out of 8. I agree, the lightening question should have had more specifics.”

“Okay, since I started this post I'll share that I got 7 out of 8. That lightening one has definitely got to be wrong! We should email them our feedback.”

“According to the Army survival handbook if you are in an open field with few trees you stand the distance away from the tree equal to one half the trees height. This is supposed to keep the tree as the most likely to get hit object and keep you safe from the ground spread and arcing.”

“7/8! Damn sprained ankle. I thought one should rest and tape it before going anywhere.
The rest were easy.
1 mile is standard for large pack, rough terrain, in bad hiking conditions, always allow for saftey factors!
Lightning, "take shelter under trees" meaning multiple trees good, single tree bad.”

“I got them all right and I didn't even take the quiz.”

“5/8
lightning, 1mph, ankle.

I can't believe you should pick out the highest lightning rod and stand under it,
nor have I ever walked 1mph on "moderately hilly" terrain

And damn it, if I sprain my ankle, I'm sittin' my butt right down and breakin' out the rum. I ain't going nowhere. Besides, if an ankle is truely sprained, you should use RICE:
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation.

Walking on it is BS.”

“hmm .... I got 8 of 8. But then, I gave them the answers I figured they wanted, not necessary the ones I would have thought.”

“I got them all right, unfortunatly the test wasn't correct in all it's answers! LOL”

“utahiker, I saw on tv that in a storm, you should move to a clearing and stay close to the floor & curl yourself up to make a small target.

I did, however, get that question wrong, because it didn't say there was a clearing nearby.”

“I do not no how many I got right cuz I do not do servays good cuz I do not reed good. I do not do maffmattix good neither but I think that mebbe I got eleventy rite prolly.”

“The thunder one I would prolly hide on the porch tho.”

“LOL @ Ice Tea!!! You are too wild bro!
I missed those same questions too. I always heard if it's lightening, you need to get away from trees cause they become like targets.
I figured they would say if you got a bum ankle to sit on your butt and wait on a streacher or something.

I did like Lee and gave the answers THEY wanted. That Quiz was mostly Bullsh!t.”

“5 outta 8, some vague questions and dumb@ss answers. Walk out on a bum ankle, only if I have no choice. Hang out under tress in the lightening,spooky thought.”

“6 of 8; lightning and hiking speed. I was hiking fast to get out of the rain!”

“I agree,
Mr. WD”

“It's kinda funny we all got the same ones wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe their Quiz is WRONG!!!!!
Did they consult a large group of backpackers for their answers? Where did the answers come from??”