She almost went out like Evan Tanner. Jeez you’d think being a cage fighter would be thrilling enough

I needed a reason to watch it again!

No offense to Tara but who the hell goes on a “70 MILE SOLO HIKE”.

Man that must have been pretty scary stuff, I am glad people came and helped her.

When I was fifteen I went bear hunting in the Cherokee mountains and lost my trail signs. The battery in my flashlight died and I had no way to shine on the markers I’d put up on the way in, so I fired a couple of shots and neither of my uncles came for a few hours. I didn’t have a cell phone with me to call them, hell, I wouldn’t have had service even if I wanted to. I followed this creek to a bridge where I was able to hitch a ride from a frightening old lady. Town was only like 15 minutes away from where I was, but the woods are big as fuck and you really start to wonder if no one will ever find you/bears or wild boars might attack you/freezing your balls off.

Kudos to the dispatcher for using the triangulation software the way it was meant to be used and finding her.

It’s these types of stories that let you know what these WMMA fighters are made of. I hunt/hike/ and camp simultaneously and to have the balls to do just one(I’ve never went 70 miles), means… well, that you have balls.

 I know I don’t give much love to women’s MMA or respectable posts to BE most of the time, but she deserves props.

More to the point, the majority of these women are doing MMA for reasons us “swinging dicks” will never understand. They’re not proving anything to us, they’re proving it to themselves.

Here’s to you, Tara. Glad you’re OK.

hiker, backpacker, climber, and fisherman, I can officially say that she did a stupid. It makes NO sense to do these things alone in a wilderness area.

Let’s take a well known example, Aaron Ralston. If he goes with a buddy, he chills while his friend goes to get help. Since he went alone, he had to SAW HIS OWN ARM OFF WITH DULL POCKETKNIFE, and he’s way better than I’ll ever be.

That’s an extreme example, but it only takes a loose rock and a broken ankle to ruin your whole day, and a friend is the difference between waiting for the rangers or dying of dehydration/hypothermia while moaning in agony.

I like going out alone. Sure something bad could happen, but 25 years of solo hiking and overnight camping have proved differently, I wouldn’t trade it. You could also slip in the shower and die does that mean you shouldn’t shower alone? Wait, that’s a good idea.