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

[msaenz at mve-architects.com (Mike Saenz)]

Switch to classical music. I don't listen to classical much off the
trail, but for some reason, the really heavy stuff (Wagner, Beethoven)
really gets interesting in the wilderness...

My FM tuner sometimes picks up talk/news stations in some of the most
remote locations...kinda neat to listen to "civilization" while curled
up in your sleeping bag at night. If I feel a burst of energy, I'll
switch to some fast `n loud stuff.

I've thought about getting books on MP3, but all the good novels tend to
run over 1 gig of memory. Would be wild to listen to Stephen King at
night at 10k....
 


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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Goller
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 2:39 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] RE: pct-l Digest, Vol 35, Issue 23

I've found that books on tape, while enjoyable, are dangerous for me on
the trail. It takes so much processing power to understand spoken
language that I tend to go into the alpha state and blow right through
trail junctions and such. 

Much as I hate to admit it, when I was trying books on CD converted to
mp3s, I've hiked as long as two hours before I realized I was on the
wrong trail. 

Good thing I knew the trail and came to a stream crossing, on a trail
that wasn't supposed to have any......

Jerry 


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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Mike Saenz
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:13 PM
To: Freiman, Paul; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] RE: pct-l Digest, Vol 35, Issue 23


In "Walk", there was a scene where someone was listening to "books on
tape".
I've called hiking "mind floss" before. But extended periods of time
with nothing but my thoughts in my head can eventually get tedious.
Call it "over flossing".


Michael Saenz ,  Associate Partner
McLarand    Vasquez    Emsiek   &   Partners,   Inc.
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MVE          MVE    Institutional         MVE    S t u d i o
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