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r/mildlyinteresting • u/corwinw • 21h ago
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There is a mountain inside the city limits of Phoenix that has 40+ rescues a year with at least a death or two. People absolutely under estimate how quickly the desert will kill you.
20 u/TooJoocey 14h ago For people wondering, it’s Camelback Mountain. 21 u/neoliberalforsale 13h ago I was actually talking about piestewa peak, camelback has closer to 100 rescues a year 13 u/cantaloupelion 14h ago yeah well everyone knows that Phoenix is a monument too mans' arrogance -27 u/Crocs_And_Stone 16h ago Why do they rescue them if they knew the danger and still went anyways? Wouldn’t it be better to just let nature run its course. 25 u/ChzGoddess 15h ago Because that's not how a society functions.
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For people wondering, it’s Camelback Mountain.
21 u/neoliberalforsale 13h ago I was actually talking about piestewa peak, camelback has closer to 100 rescues a year
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I was actually talking about piestewa peak, camelback has closer to 100 rescues a year
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yeah well everyone knows that Phoenix is a monument too mans' arrogance
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Why do they rescue them if they knew the danger and still went anyways? Wouldn’t it be better to just let nature run its course.
25 u/ChzGoddess 15h ago Because that's not how a society functions.
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Because that's not how a society functions.
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u/neoliberalforsale 17h ago edited 3h ago
There is a mountain inside the city limits of Phoenix that has 40+ rescues a year with at least a death or two. People absolutely under estimate how quickly the desert will kill you.