[pct-l] RE: pct-l Digest, Vol 35, Issue 23

[jerrygoller at backpackgeartest.org (Jerry Goller)]

I can't speak for others but I can tell you why I do. I'm extremely hard of
hearing. Like most troops from the combat arms, I'm virtually deaf in my
right ear. I have a 70% hearing loss in my left ear from a 20 pound satchel
charge that went off about 2 feet from me and blew me across the compound.

I haven't heard the sounds of nature since the second of February, 1968. I
can't hear the wind unless it is also moving me. I can't hear it in the
trees unless it is taking limbs out of them. I can't hear birds singing. I
can't hear a creek unless I'm crossing it, and then it needs to be much more
than just a trickle. 

Believe it or not, virtual silence ( I pack solo most of the time) can get
kinda boring after awhile.....

I carry a Samsung Yap. It is just under 2 ounces with a lithium battery in
it. It will play for a couple of hundred hours with that one AA lithium. 

I keep around 500 songs, like "Two Little Feet, and "On the Crest Trail", on
it to get me down the trail when I'm tired or ,dare I say it, bored. 

But that's just me.

Jerry


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[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Freiman, Paul
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 11:55 AM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] RE: pct-l Digest, Vol 35, Issue 23

I love your quotes. I could never understand why someone would take an Ipod
(or similar device) into the wilderness.  It's like camping in a near-empty
campground and putting your tent close to someone else, then hoping into
your camper and watching tv.
Capt Bivy