[pct-l] Sierra Solo

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Sounds like a good book. I always remember "Into the Void". If you  
haven't read that one, it's pretty harrowing. Climbers in the Andes,  
one fell into a crevasse, the other had to cut the rope to save  
himself. Was all busted up and had to crawl out. Took days. Not that  
I ever think about that kind of stuff when I got out for a solo trip.  
I think about that stuff whenever people bring up danger. When I'm  
solo, I'm usually thinking about butterflies and wildflowers. That's  
how I roll though. Carefree and perhaps a little stupid, at least  
when it comes to rain.

On Apr 22, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> Good morning,
>
> I second Palomino?s comments about *Angles in the Wilderness*.  At  
> the ?07
> ALDHA-West Gathering at Sierra Pines Amy was the keynote speaker.
> http://www.aldhawest.org/gather2007.html
>
> To me Amy?s story is not about disaster; rather it's a cautionary  
> tale of
> how an experienced person, doing substantially everything right,  
> can get
> into ? and eventually out of -- a bad situation.
>
> The take-away for me is this:  Every time I get into an uber-lite  
> mood and
> begin pitching gear from my already-meager list, I pick up my  
> small ? but
> incredibly loud and shrill ? athletic whistle, and after  
> remembering Amy, I
> put it back where it belongs in my belt pouch.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT ? 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/