[pct-l] I'm Fine--Lost PCT Thru Hiker is FOUND

[branko grujcic]

Reinhold Metzger wrote:
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Or how about the time on one of my JMT fast packs when UL was the #1 
priority and I made a rain pancho
out of an UL space blanket....it worked great until it started raining 
and lightning....that's when I began to worry that I might be walking 
lightning rod...end of story.
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Why do you think you were a lightning rod? Metal makes no difference on where the lighting strikes, but maybe the blanket was pointy?