[pct-l] lightning

[Laura Newman]

This discussion also led me to think that lightning was a much greater  
concern.  While on the jmt in '05 there was some considerable weather  
causing a lot of lightning.  This was the year of the boy scout  
tragedy in Sandy meadow. I knew to get to get down off ridges and  
mountain tops and not to be in open fields but after that was just  
guessing what to do.

It seems that the books say to not pitch tents under trees but then  
aren't you in the open?

Are tent stakes and poles ok?  What about the metal in a backpack? How  
would set up without those?

Any specific advice welcome.

Thanks, Laura
"topper"

On Mar 24, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Gary Schenk <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 March 2010 19:54:45 Eric Lee wrote:
>
>> It continually surprises me that with all of the snakes people report
>> seeing on the trail, and all of the stories of very close accidental
>> encounters, there are extremely few instances of hikers actually  
>> getting
>> bitten.
>
> Lightning is a much greater hazard than snakes, IMHO. YMMV, etc.
>
> Gary
>
>
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