[pct-l] To flare or not to flare

[Gerry Zamora]

Great fire starter hard to put out and burns way to long.  Not sure how well
it will scare a bear.  Local man found mauled by bear holding road flare.  I
can see the headline already.
On Feb 10, 2011 7:49 PM, "Ken Powers" <ken at gottawalk.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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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