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[pct-l] More info and regs. please



Since the fine folks who rule the Sierra's are wise enough to recommend what
meals to take while hiking there, perhaps they can waste, er I mean spend
some of my user fees to produce pamphlets and movies to discuss the following
subjects: How to cook those meals, how to cross a dry stream, the ten non
essentials, improper footwear, shelter, and pace. How to use a bear box, how
you get blisters and sunburn, how to apply suncream, how to fill a water
bottle, how to pick berries, how to take a crap, how to take good pictures,
what to do if killed by lightning, how to posthole, how to use an ice ax for
self defense, what to do if it rains or snows, how to identify bear scat by
sight smell and taste, how to identify microbes in diarrhea, how to tell if
you are hiking uphill, how to fill a permit out properly, a fine schedule,
good tunes to hum while hiking, things to do atop Mt. Whitney, the best
lures/bait to use, what to do about sweating, how to read a compass, when to
wear a hat, signs of thirst, where to look for water, the best tasting foods,
cloud identification, terrorist identification, rule deciphering, and how to
develop a proper attitude towards authority figures
 They should also draw up a list of foods banned because either they are too
bulky to fit in a bear can (such as apples, a loaf of bread and a 1lb box of
Oreos) or are too yummy for a bear to resist (such as honey)
  Maybe they can even enlighten us on the mysteries of DEET and why it works
 They should also develop a weight schedule to determine when someone needs
to carry another bear can: over,say, 200 lbs body weight
  OSHA needs to get involved also for safety reasons. Perhaps the following
should be banned: Ice ax (cut hazard) DEET (cancer risk), suncream with PABA
(cancer risk), footwear(blister hazard), water taken from streams, lakes, or
snowmelt (potential pathogens), food (choking hazard) hiking poles (tripping
hazard) cell phones (potential brain cancer) knifes (cut hazard), toilet
paper (forest fire hazard) fire starters (ditto), hiking up hill (heart
hazard), hiking down hill (slip hazard), hiking solo (getting lost hazard)
shorts (West Nile disease, lyme disease, rocky Mt. spotted fever  and skin
cancer from sunburn hazard), underwear (chaffing hazard), stream crossings
(drowning hazard) crossing snow (slip, sunburn, and frost bite hazard),and
snow pack predictions from non professionals (postholing exhaustion hazard)
I'm sure a brainstorming session can come up with many more.