[pct-l] Planning First Solo Hike

[CHUCK CHELIN]

I have one that weighs 6.4 ounces and one that weighs 40.0 ounces.  Some
weigh more if you admire "Dirty Harry".  Numbers are empty, and without
accouterments.

Steel-eye

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:09 AM, giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> How much does a gun weigh anyway?
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com
>  To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>  Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:11 AM
>  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Planning First Solo Hike
>
>
>
>  On May 23, 2010, at 9:50 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>  > Planning First Solo Hike
>
>  You aren't likely to be very alone on the PCT unless you hike out of
>  season, and even then it would have to be an ugly boring section with
>  intolerable weather so you didn't meet section hikers. I went for a
>  solo hike this weekend and within half an hour had met two people who
>  knew my mother. Within another hour or two I'd met another fellow. A
>  few more hours I had met three more. Eventually we all ended up at
>  the same campsite and several more also arrived. There was a PCTA
>  work crew there so we had hot meals and a warm campfire to enjoy
>  along with conversation and camaraderie on what was a windy and
>  frigid night. In the morning we had breakfast in the snow showers.
>  Hiking the PCT is far from a solitary existence full of scary beasts.
>  I'm sure the scariest beast you'll ever meet is that guy with his
>  gun, but I bet he sends it home early on in his hike. Unless he's a
>  section hiker and then you probably will be able to walk through his
>  radius of influence in less than an hour.
>
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