Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
wait just a minute ... she is isolated and far from help, far from anyone hearing her screams. she's attacked and uses pepper spray. if she's attacked by more than one person, then what she gets to spray 1 guy while she is mangled by another guy? even then if she somehow survives how bad will her injuries be and how will she get home. what if she is limping, or worse. seriously think about the actual attack in which pepper spray is used. it's not like she is on a city street and can scream for help and run to a nearby business or intersection, etc. does she also carry a whistle. a whistle allows you to signal if you lose your voice for some reason.
She has been running this trail for about 5 years and never has had any problems, on nice days there are a lot of folks on the trail. and a lot of houses around for the most part. Naturally things can happen even on the city streets and nobody sees anything. I think I will have a nice sensible talk with her about being on there during crappy weather (that is when she has seen these guys) the whistle idea is a good one for sure. We are going to get some pepper spray and maybe a tazer too. Best bet she runs on the days when its not so crappy and there are more people on the trail.
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