[pct-l] To flare or not to flare

[Mike Chapman]

The power of nuclear winter in my pack,sweet.

On 2/11/11, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
<diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
> It's fine if you want to bring a bunch of emergency stuff. I suppose
> I just assumed that everyone understood the fire danger in
> California. You will notice that almost the entire section of trail
> from Campo to beyond Kennedy Meadows has been burned. You will walk
> through more charred forest than you ever thought possible. In some
> places you will notice that many of the trees are not returning.
>
> Even if a road flare did something for you, it could be at the
> expense of the forest and the watershed. So please, leave your flares
> at home and spare the people of Southern California another summer of
> pyrocumulus clouds mushrooming in the sky and ashes falling like
> nuclear winter.
>
> On Feb 10, 2011, at 11:12 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> Regarding to flare or not to flare,
>>
>> Honestly I feel my trail name should be "Paranoid" or something
>> because I
>> have a crazy imagination.  I feel like I should be prepared for the
>> worst
>> case scenario, so that I live to tell the tale.  Maybe a Spot would
>> be a
>> little safer than the flare tho.  Regarding protection from bears,
>> bear mace
>> is a great idea.  A gun or knife probably won't save you from
>> animals and in
>> most cases they will only aggravate the animal more.  However, we
>> are all
>> critics and I like the saying "Hike your own hike" because I
>> certainly will
>> take whatever I feel will save me in worst case scenarios, while not
>> breaking my back due to excess weight in my pack.
>>
>> Jamie
>
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