Thread: Tramper missing in Tararuas

Originally Posted by ebf

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/113...tararua-ranges

How on earth anyone would think it was ok to attempt the northern crossing during the weather we've had since Thu night is just beyond me

Unbelievable !

I suspect he's the kind of optimist who "always got away with it before"

Comedian Ron White talks about a man who refused to evacuate before a storm in the US.

"He said that at 53 years of age he thought he was in good enough physical condition to withstand the wind and the rain from a force 3 hurricane.
......Alright.. Lemme explain something to ya. It isn't that the wind is blowin, it's ...What the wind is blowin.

If you get hit with a volvo..it don't really matter how many situps you did that morning."

Blind optimisim is a killer.