I’m 5’2, 125lb 22 year old female. I live in MN and I love to go on hikes but I rarely can find someone to come with me. Sometimes against my better judgement I go alone as long as the trail is decently populated. I just had a scary experience this last hike and I’m looking for other options. I’m trying to get in better physical shape so I can run if I have to, however I have asthma and it’s been really difficult to increase my stamina.
Someday I will get a gun, I grew up hunting and doing shooting sports so I’m quite familiar with them. I just can’t afford one right now. I have gel pepper spray but I think I would feel a lot safer if I had some kind of incredibly loud alarm. Since I stay on trails that are decently popular I have a good chance someone will hear it and I feel like that combined with pepper spray would be a good deterrent. I’d love to take self defense classes but I don’t have the money or the time currently. I’m comfortable using the spray, but I’m worried about how ineffective it’ll be during a windy day. I’m not comfortable using a baton or knife because I don’t have any training and it could easily be used against me.
I’ve looked at alarms online but I don’t want a cheap keychain one. I want something that will really hurt your eardrums if you’re close. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Submitted May 06, 2025 at 10:54AM by sashanixxie https://ift.tt/Tn2wUcv
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