[pct-l] Self Arrest

[CMountainDave@aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

In a message dated 10/29/02 11:21:58 AM, kpherzog@sdesign.com writes:

<< Ted asked:

> I have a question about the high Sierras and self-arrest.  Yogi in
her fine
> journal wrote that she advised all hikers contemplating hiking the
PCT to
> learn self-arrest before the hike.  Does anyone have information on
how
> this technique can be learned.  I live in the Chicago area and the
highest >>

Hey, what about the Chicago Mountaineers. I assume they are still club. I ran
into a group of about 30 of them at a remote no name place in Canada that we
went to because we wanted to get away from the crowds. It didn't work