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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by jollyllama on Monday January 09, 2023 @10:56AM (#34311746)
Yep. A couple of girls got killed in Pittsburgh a few years back. They were kayaking down the river and didn't realize a dam was ahead. People die all the time in nature for lack of preparedness because they don't know the environment they are getting into and they don't know their limitations. This also endangers rescuers.
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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by shagie on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:00AM (#34311806)
Practical Engineering has a video on the dangers of a lowhead dam - https://youtu.be/GVDpqphHhAE
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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by whymauri on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:16AM (#34312007)
I crossed a small dam solo hiking the Wichita Mountains. Not the one at Kite Trail on the Bison Trail Loop (Lost Lakes) which is wide and dry, but completely off trail since I had to get off trail to avoid bison. It was mossy with very little traction and I almost slipped. Brushed it off as an annoyance since I didn't get wet.

Watched this video a year later and it made me think... how deep was that water, and was it really as calm as it seemed? Yikes.

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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by shagie on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:55PM (#34313388)
How about The Strid from the River Wharfe? While your river isn't likely that extreme, crossing unknown water is not on my top list of things to do.

Tom Scott - https://youtu.be/mCSUmwP02T8

The Most Dangerous River in THE WORLD is HOW DEEP?! - https://youtu.be/uJFQXT6PIP8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Wharfe

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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by psychphysic on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:10AM (#34311939)
What on Earth!? I just submitted Kyle Hills video on this early today to HN.

What an eery coincidence. I hope it's not a bad omen that I keep coming across this topic today...

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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by antipotoad on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:11PM (#34312697)
Seems about five others of us also linked his video in this thread :) Guess you’re experiencing the Baader-Meinhof effect, AKA the frequency illusion [1].

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by shagie on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:41PM (#34313161)
It is interesting that Practical Engineering is an often-cited channel on HN. Not surprising, but rather a good indication of its content, quality, and value.
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