Originally Posted by Alamosa
Originally Posted by smokepole
Excellent stories of the kindness of strangers and consistent with what I've seen and done in the backcountry.

But my question to those who've been helped by strangers is, if they hadn't offered their help would you have considered them lazy and greedy?

Heck no.
I always try to remember that a typical hunter I meet likely has a lot more invested in his hunt than I do. Lots of them have waited for years, drove across the country, and so on.


Nope. I am the type of person that will help anyone,but don't expect it to me.


If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles