Quote Originally Posted by Ranger View Post
Everybody and their brother who ever thinks of bugging out picks the mountains
The only place I see that being the case is on gun/survival forums. When I talk with those not within those groups, most don't have any desire to freeze their hind ends off in the mountains or swat mosquitoes endlessly. I had a bit of a 14'er habit last Summer and climbed 22 of them. When it'd come up in conversation back in town, people would look at me with polite sympathy, as if to say "too bad you don't have any friends/hobbies closer to town".

The more I think about it, if an event were to occur, I think you'd see a trickle of folks headed to the mountains (hopefully to a well stocked cabin) and the remaining masses headed either North or South on I-25 or East on I-70. February in the Colorado mountains, unless you have a cabin with a good stash of wood & food, is a very inhospitable place, even with the best outdoor gear and all the skills in the world, it's still cold, windy, and devoid of life for the most part. Many folks that romanticize escaping to the mountains would have a tough go at it in the Summer, much less the Winter. 100' of paracord, a Glock, a 'survival knife' and a fire stick ain't gonna get it done for weeks on end when it's -10* out and blowing 40mph.

Far too often, I get the impression that some people actually want some major disaster to occur. I can only surmise that they have never witnessed and lived through such an event in person. It's not romantic like it is in the movies or some novel.

Having lived through martial law under Marcos, multiple typhoons & hurricanes, several earthquakes that leveled whole areas, Etc., disasters are something that should not be longed for, they are ugly events that ruin peoples lives, including many who have heavily prepared for just such an event.

Prepare - absolutely! Hope for? -not a chance.