[pct-l] intro

[kraig.mottar at verizon.net (Kraig Mottar)]

You've probably been to or through the town I live in. I live in Mentone, CA off hwy 38.

Kraig

> From: "Cathy" <tahoe.cat@verizon.net>
> Date: 2004/11/25 Thu PM 08:47:27 PST
> To: "Kraig Mottar" <kraig.mottar@verizon.net>
> CC: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] intro
> 
> 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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