Hiking in Lightning

>>1021235
Obviously, I would be doing a three day hike once the weather clears up (Thursday - Saturday)

>>1021235
Stop being a crusty, roastie vagina and just hike in the rain you sissy. You're more likely to win the lottery twice in a row than you are getting struck by lightning you scaredy cat.

>>1021273
Well goddamn anon. It looks like a perpetual downpour two days straight, I'm not sure I'm up for backpacking 15 miles in torrential rain and pitching a tent twice in a row. I'm fine with hiking in the rain but dragging a 30 pound pack with me isn't ideal. It just sounds shitty. I think I'd rather day hike in the mornings with a light pack and chill at camp during the onslaught.

Am I a roastie vagina? Am I doomed?

>>1021304
>roastie vagina
Yes
>doomed
I hope you get struck by lightning

Just get some Frogg Toggs™ m8

>>1021273
You are far more likely to have a tree fall on you that was recently struck by lightening though. Or become surrounded by a forest fire sparked by lightening. Hiking/camping in the rain fucking sucks anyway. Stay home and watch departures instead.

>>1021350
>You are far more likely to have a tree fall on you that was recently struck by lightening though. Or become surrounded by a forest fire sparked by lightening
both of these are false.

we actually have statistics on the number of people killed by lightning, trees, and fires, ya know?

Lightning is one of the major killers of hikers, fishermen, golfers, boaters, etc.

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Lightning isn't that big of an issue at Appalachian Mountain elevations. The only stories I've actually heard of people taking an indirect lightning hit while in the mountains have been when they were actually on exposed rock with clouds converging all around them.

The bigger issue I'd worry about would be flooding. Any creeks are going to be flooded during the downpour and any tributaries of larger streams could be backed up, causing problems if the trail crosses them.

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>>1021365
This is one of the pictured river's tributaries - just a little creek you can step across, but because it exists in its own small valley, the larger river backs up into it during a flood, which flooded the trail here.

>>1021235
Thinking about starting a section Friday. Woody Gap to Standing Indian and back, further depending on how supplies last. Fuck the rain.

If you're in the area I'll be the guy under the Granite Gear Nimbus Ozone with an FN FiveseveN on the waist belt.

>>1021350
>lightening