[pct-l] On the Dangers of the UL Mentality

[gwschenk at socal.rr.com]

Certainly, the UL hiker will be safer in this situation, since he/she will, of course,  be skipping that part of the trail.
:-)

---- Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote: 
> Heh heh. I can say for certain which footwear I would want to be  
> wearing in that condition. And my gear? If I can run with it on, so  
> much the better.
> 
> On May 8, 2010, at 8:40 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> 
> > Good morning, all,
> >
> > I live in the Pacific NW where every major mountain along the PCT  
> > from Mt.
> > Lassen to Monument-78 is a stratovolcano which potentially can  
> > erupt at any
> > time.  As I cross an outflow river directly beneath one of the many  
> > glaciers
> > I look up at the mountain and wonder what the
> > ?always-be-prepared-for-anything? crowd would do if there was an  
> > eruption
> > and they faced 900,000 million tonnes of pyroclastic flow coming  
> > down around
> > their ears.  How about that SilNylon tent -- pretty good protection?
> >
> >
> >
> > Steel-Eye
> 
> Books I've written:
> ~ Piper's Flight
> ~ Adventure and Magic
> ~ Santa Barbara Hikes
> http://stores.lulu.com/dianesoini
> 
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