[pct-l] intro

[tahoe.cat at verizon.net (Cathy)]

Hi Where do you live? We are trying to get a group together in SoCal.
Backpacking and hiking interests.   Ground Pounder Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kraig Mottar" <kraig.mottar@verizon.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 4:59 PM
Subject: [pct-l] intro


> I'm new, and I really like this place. Are there any physical groups and
subgroup that're formed here?
>
> I''m trying to get back into and into backpacking.
>
> As I may've said I'm intersted in a 3+ day solitary camping trip. But
currently, I'm not ready. I need to fix thingss; I need to repair/replace
the zippers on my -20f sleepingbag; I need to repair my backpack injured in
a flight and the landing, though it wasn't injured nearly as bad as I, I
think the pack to holds stuff is pretty intact, but the frame is bent and
contorted. Its a Carribou pack. Can I buy a new backpack frame and put the
pack in it, and what might that cost? I also need to learn things before I
make the joutney, I need to learn some survival skills I don't know, and
refresh the skills I may've forgotten, and for a solitary hike, I feel I
need to figure out how to communicate with civilization when/if the need
arises, life if I ever for instance break a bone, and that sort of thing. Do
cell phones work 10+ miles away from a cell?
>
> I'm not a total hermit, I'm still interested in hiking with people, and
that is probably how I'll learn what I need to learn.
>
> Food; there are some interesting packaged foods that can be prepared with
fire, not a microwave. Is there any food indigenous to the mountains and
forests? And what do I need to know for that? Are there portable drills that
can drill for water?
>
> Looking forward to the ensuing discussion.
>
> Kraig
>
>
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