[pct-l] A Wild and Perilous Life

[Greg Hummel]

I'm listening to: "A Life Wild and Perilous" by RobertUtley.  I highly recommend it toyou.  It profiles all of the great early1800's western US fur trappers and mountain men; Joseph Walker (Walker Pass,Walker River), Fremont, Kit Carson, Jededia Smith, etc., etc.  We, the long distance hikers of today havetaken over the place of these men.  Noone covers as much of the country on foot, or horseback, these days thanus.  


In the 1840's as immigration toCalifornia was heating up and the fur trade was dying, they were forced tochange from fur trappers to guides for the wagon trains coming west.  Therein, they were given the titles of"Wagonmaster"; the lead man on the wagon train.  When Lake Morena Park gave me this titleyears ago when the ADZ was just starting up, I thought it was just a cute old Western thing. After reading (or ratherlistening to it as I have an Audible.com account and get one book a month at noadditional charge with that) I have a new found respect for my bestowed title.


Greg Hummel

ADZPCTKO Wagonmaster!


"If you were born blind, a butterfly would be a fairy, a flower a miracle, a tree infinity. . . and lightening - GOD!"- GNH