[pct-l] advice for winter travelers in the desert

[David Hough on pct-l]

Sometimes winter in the desert is fun

http://pcnst.oakapple.net/photo/sc-pct/b/2001-12-25-b04/
http://pcnst.oakapple.net/photo/sc-pct/e/2002-01-13-e12/

Sometimes it's not

http://www.wunderground.com/DisplayDisc.asp?DiscussionCode=SGX&StateCode=CA&SafeCityName=Campo

The ultralight approach to hurricane winds and 
torrential downpours is to avoid them.   

Near the beginning of the PCT you cross the tracks of
the former SD&AE, a railroad that confronted the
elements
for years and usually lost:

http://pcnst.oakapple.net/photo/sc-pct/a/2001-04-02-a01/c4020032.jpg