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Post by hikingtiger on Sept 1, 2020 12:03:53 GMT -8
I've been guilty several times of walking the wrong way down now one way aisles in the stores; Use my response... Them: You're going the wrong way! Didn't you see the arrows? Me: Arrows?! I didn't even see the Indians! I'll see myself out.
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Post by autumnmist on Sept 1, 2020 12:15:10 GMT -8
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Post by texasbb on Sept 1, 2020 13:22:08 GMT -8
A couple friends say they put their masks on the dash. The reasoning is that the intense heat and sun here in Tucson will help sterilize the mask. I toss mine on the seat, mainly because it's easier to put there while driving. But I stroke my ego knowing that windshields generally block 95% of UV or more, so it's better to put the mask where sun coming through a side window can hit it.
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 1, 2020 13:40:31 GMT -8
After huffing and puffing my way up Glen Pass last week some people were running off the trail scared on the other side because I didn't wear a mask. Did they think someone with the virus could climb a 12,000' pass and then blow germs through mountain sun and wind on them? It all seems so much more ridiculous after a week in the mountains. The promised stacks of corpses have never materialized. Asymptomatic people are just that: no symptoms. So infected and transmitting people can as easily climb a 12,000 foot pass. as they could before becoming a disease transmitter. Much the same as asymptomatic giardiasis carriers spread that disease. This. Feeling fine is no guarantee that you aren't shedding the virus. If it were, we could all just take our temperatures before leaving the house.
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Post by sjs on Sept 16, 2020 12:46:03 GMT -8
I'm bringing this thread back because it came to mind when it happened to me last week while on the trail. I was on an easy 4.4 mile trail to Raven Cliff Falls in Caesar's Head State Park, SC. I was on the way back, and about a mile from the trailhead, congratulating myself for having the trail to myself, when I saw a couple coming down the trail the other way. The lady said something and they both stopped dead in their tracks like something had startled them. Then they both donned masks.
I had not brought one but I stepped far off the trail to give them a lot of space and waited, even though they were going downhill and I was going up. As they passed the lady scolded me for not being safe. I didn't say anything and about a minute later a trail runner came down. He put on a mask without missing a step, and gave me a friendly greeting. I guess masks are the norm on the trails there.
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Post by zeke on Sept 16, 2020 12:50:46 GMT -8
I think if we can put 10 or more feet between us, there should be no need for a mask on a trail. Stepping off and allowing others to pass is polite and just as effective.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 16, 2020 13:02:25 GMT -8
States vary. There are some where masks outside are mandatory: no “should” subjectivity is allowed. Public health is tricky that way: dealing with enormously varied situations that impact hundreds of thousands of people. So I sympathize with government leaders that choose to edge to the side of caution. .
Meanwhile dead is very permanent. And preventable.
USA 6,571,867 TOTAL CASES +34,240 Cases since yesterday CDC | Updated: Sep 16 2020 12:16PM USA 195,053 TOTAL DEATHS +961 Deaths since yesterday CDC | Updated: Sep 16 2020 12:16PM USA 261,204 Cases in Last 7 Days CDC | Updated: Sep 16 2020 12:16PM
I simply loop mine over my neck prefitting the ties with the cord locks. So it’s rather easy to pop the upper tie over my ears and get it in place as needed, meaning anywhere there’s people. In town I mostly I leave it up as it’s comfortable enough and I’ve got them adjusted so at least in the current weather I don’t fog my eyeglasses.
But whatever: the entire scolding thing is rude and obnoxious. People and their virtue signaling. Ick
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Post by ErnieW on Sept 16, 2020 13:48:18 GMT -8
I know the advice is to not touch the outside of the mask after using it some but in these trail/walking circumstances I am tending to leave the mask in my pocket and assuming it has little exposure. I just keep an eye down the trail then I stop and put it on for the few minutes of passing then put it back in my pocket. The way I sweat having a mask anywhere on my neck or head for the majority of the hike would make it a damp/wet mess.
My goal is more to protect others in this circumstance.
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