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It's a case of balancing risk I guess.

If I'm in an area where there aren't poison drops and where there is no human interference, I'll take the risk. Outdoor activities are inherently risky.



Just because there is an inherent level of risk involved in an activity doesn't imply you shouldn't mitigate some risk if you can.

Driving is inherently risky - but I still wear a seatbelt.


I've come close enough to dying in the outdoors in other ways that I'm not concerned about getting the small chance of getting the shits from drinking from a stream that I'm 99.9% sure is safe.




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