Illness-Time Out

[Trailer]

If someone you are camping with gets poorly, do you all go home? If it's minor, say they develop a cold? Do you assume you'll all get sick so hit the road, or stick it out?

 

[Grandpa]

When camping near our transportation, if someone has a problem where they would be better off at home, we would probably leave. That being said, with a lot of problems such as a cold, you will be miserable either place, so unless our circumstances contributed to the problem, (snow, ice, rain, etc.) we would probably stay. I know I can shake a cold faster out in that nice fresh air than sitting at home wussing in front of a TV.

When backpacking, you have more chance of getting home later than leaving early. Depending on group size, we may divy up some weight for the sick person, and slow the pace a little, but unless it's a real emergency, they still have to get out on their own. Emergency evac can run from $7000-20,000 although most search and rescue groups do not charge. Those guys are heros in my book, and I don't want to waste their time and energy if I have the sniffles.

 

[tentmom]

It depends on how sick they are and how close to home we are. I have gotten sick at camp before and I just slept for a while in the camper. I did not want to ruin anyone's fun. My daughter was sick once and I took her home and let everyone else stay.

 

[Trailer]

Absolutely Grandpa-it's never come up for us before where we even considered it, but we have had injuries that we had to stretcher out, or other illness that led to us part carrying a person.