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Sean O’Dwyer
@TotalCatskills · 4:07

Survivor Bias

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And we got to make sure that when we're on the trail that we're always assessing our risks fully and correctly. My name is Sean. I'm a hiker in New York. If you've enjoyed this, hit on my website. Buy me a coffee, maybe, if you can, if you want to. I run a website called Mountain Hiking.com. I'll put the link in the description, and it's full of hyperdetail trail guides for the Cat Skills and elsewhere

Survivor bias in hiking is a safety issue. So is the optimism bias. Quick intro to both ideas. Enjoy! Check out https://mountain-hiking.com/

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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 3:41
She's done all over the world and has worked at national parks and has done some pretty intense stuff when it comes to hiking. And she's someone I have turned to regularly for advice, particularly when I have done some hikes or trips solo, either because I wanted to or I didn't have anyone else to travel with at the time. And she has constantly given me a lot of warnings and told me horror stories to be aware of
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Sean O’Dwyer
@TotalCatskills · 2:13

@bowie

But I got up and I got to the summit and I came back down and I really got to the top of this kind of long, very open, rock face, kind of super sketchy thing to, like, running water and stuff. And I really had to take my time to get down it, and I just happened to have cell service right there
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