[pct-l] Bear Attack Strategy (Revised)

[kdpo at gottawalk.com (Ken Powers)]

I hope this "law of repetition" doesn't apply to thru-hiking. I seem to have 
a problem with repeating
the thru-hiking experience.

I have yet to convince my mother that we are safe out there. She just shakes 
her head and
says she doesn't understand why we would want to do such a thing. I can tell 
that she worries about
us a lot even though we try to keep our mothers informed.

Ken
www.gottawalk.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob@comcast.net>
To: "matt maxon" <matt@mattmaxon.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Attack Strategy (Revised)


> All activities have some inherent risk, and repetition only increases the 
> probability that something ill will occur. How many times does a person 
> drive their car before their first fatal accident? Does that make them a 
> Darwin candidate?
>
> I may think bungee jumpers are idiots with a grandiose death wish, but 
> that does not make them so. I still find it tragic on that rare occurence 
> when one of them does a face plant at the bottom of the fall.
>
> Treadwell survived 12 prior seasons among the Grizzlies without serious 
> incident. That is not pure luck; that's knowledge, skill, and good 
> judgement at work. Season 13 went terribly wrong for reasons that can only 
> be debated. Conventional thinking may well dispute the wisdom of their 
> actions, but it certainly doesn't diminsh the tragedy of their loss. At 
> least they died doing something they apparently enjoyed and in which they 
> believed strongly enough to potentially - and ultimately - put their lives 
> on the line. How many of us can say we've truly lived life to that extent?
>
> Darwin award? I think not.
>
> Wandering Bob
>
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "matt maxon" <matt@mattmaxon.com>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Attack Strategy (Revised)
>
>
>>
>> I here by nominate Treadwell and his companion for a Darwin Award!
>>
>> These 2 are truly deserving
>>
>> right up there with the all time winners!
>>
>> or perhaps a new and growing subspecies of humans
>> H. Sapien Moronicus Giganticus
>> Trail90
>>
>
>
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