[pct-l] Musical instruments on the trail

[jjolson at uwyo.edu (Jeffrey J. Olson)]

Eckert wrote:

> How about the soprano recorder?  They make them out of ABS nowadays, 
> they can be very inexpensive ( 
> http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/460049/ 
> ) and the fingering is very similar to the flute, clarinet and sax.  
> If you're an ultralite hiker, you can always claim dual usage....as a 
> survival whistle <tic>

I'd be careful about taking a musical instrument.  While in high school 
in the late 60s I played my recorder at Merced Lake as the sun was going 
down.  Someone across the lake shouted, "Shut up!!!!!"  A number of 
Yes's chorused this man's request.  That was the last tiime I've taken 
an instrument hiking...

Jeff Olson
Laramie WY