[pct-l] Lost hiker

[Bob Bankhead]

ADVICE: Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you can survive the
odds beating you.

THEORY: The most dangerous thing on the trail is your own carelessness.

CORRELLARY: It's not nice to fool Mother Nature

CAVEAT: Mother Nature is a B***h  with a long memory and infinite patience!






-----Original Message-----
From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Drew Smith
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 4:41 PM
Cc: pct-l @backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Lost hiker

Amen, brother.  That is the true meaning of Murphy's Law - not that things
always go wrong, but that given enough time, something eventually will.
Spend enough time in the backcountry, and some confluence of events -
weather, injury, gear failure, poor navigation, group dissension - will
conspire to create a dangerous situation. One of those things is bound to
happen sooner or later.  The trick is to avoid having two or three of them
combine to create a tragedy.

Drew/Happy Hour