[pct-l] To flare or not to flare

[Ken Powers]

In the middle of Nevada we yogi'ed some water from a passing motorist. Well, 
he thought he was a spaceman - really.   When we continued down the deserted 
dirt road he insisted that we take one of his road flares to scare away 
animals (or maybe UFO's). We weren't sure how we were going to get rid of 
the flare.

The next morning we passed a pickup that had broken down along the side of 
the road.  As we passed I offered him the road flare. The driver gave me a 
funny look when I offered it to him. He gladly took it off our hands. I 
don't think he had a use for it but realized we didn't want to carry it.

Never can tell when a road flare might be needed.

Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Robison" <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
To: "Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>; 
<pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] To flare or not to flare


road flare, lol

i thought i'd heard it all.


for what ?   signalling ?

not sure what the intended use it even it's so out in left field.  certainly 
not
as a fire starter !~!~

~Outpost




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From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 6:42:36 PM
Subject: [pct-l] To flare or not to flare

About 18 million people here in Southern California would appreciate
you leaving your flare at home.


On Feb 10, 2011, at 9:54 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> I'm not intending this to pick on Mike, so my apologies in advance,
> Mike!
>
> But it amazes that people on this list, and folks that I know and
> backpack with, will obsess over a matter of a few grams. They'll
> refuse
> to carry a stove or rain jacket because they're too much unneeded
> weight. The idea of 3 ozs horrifies them. Then they'll carry
> electronics, books, guns and road flares.
>
> HYOH!
> Gary
>
> On 2/10/2011 6:38 AM, Mike Chapman wrote:
>> I forgot to mention,I will bring a road flare for emergency on the
>> pct(fire option,bear deterant,signal,and it looks cool)

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