[pct-l] My New Credo

[swisstuor@hotmail.com (claudia Tuor)]

you forgot the gun

Swiss

>From: CMountainDave@aol.com
>To: pct-l@backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] My New Credo
>Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:13:33 EST
>
>Man, all this bear talk has got me scared. Therefore I have decided to 
>adopt
>the following credo:  I promise never to enter any woods again without 
>taking
>the following: a bear canister, a spare bear canister, water filter, extra
>filters, cell phone, the twenty five  essentials, a Red Cross first aid kit
>for group disasters, a shovel for fires, lightning rod, rope, hard hat, 35
>cents in case the cell phone goes dead, solar powered battery charger, 
>signal
>flare, vitamins, ice ax, walking sticks, crampons, bear bells, whistle,
>stamps, package tape, binoculars, SPF 150 sun protection, Skin - So-Soft,
>passport, birth certificate, bee sting kit, snake bite kit, splints, 
>litter,
>a large knife, altimeter, global positioning unit, a complete set of
>wilderness regulations, any and all required permits in triplicate,
>snowshoes, recyclable fuel canisters, porta potty and /or feces canister,
>avalanche beacons, rescue insurance, life insurance, health insurance,
>weather alert radio, Visa AND Mastercard, written permission from mom, dad,
>and my boss, Travelers checks, deodorent, calamine lotion, Absorbine Jr. ,
>reading glasses just in case, U.V. umbella, low fat food, Pepto Bismo, 
>Beano,
>ExLax, breath mints, hand warmers, Towelettes, Walkie Talkies, alum, 
>prosac,
>and, finally, a pacifier.This will all make for  a 125 lb + pack but I 
>still
>plan on adopting the ultralight credo by using running shoes and only 
>wearing
>the clothes I have on until they rot away. I promise to learn dentistry, 
>CPR,
>advanced first aid, mt. rescue techniques, orienteering, braille, sign
>language, Spanish, Morse code, self arrest, and  tai chi. On Ethics: I
>promise never ever have a "polluting" campfire that denies grubs their dead
>wood, never eat berries that belong to the birds and bears and /or Indians,
>never feed gray jays, chipmunks, or ants, adopt "no trace" as my mantra 
>which
>I will repeat 1,000,000 time a day a, walk tippy toed to leave as little
>footprint as possible, forsake the use of "throwaway" cameras  and donate
>$10,000 to a random National Forest to ease my guilt about not paying my 
>fair
>user share.  I promise to hike my own hike but never ever go solo because 
>of
>all the perverts and psycopaths around and never again to question 
>authority
>because deep down I know that whatever the hell they tell me to do is for 
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