Dugan
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Pig Pen said:Sorry about this, I want to become a better guy, but not yet.
It is unfortunate that "This is a silly question" was not included in the choices, because I would have opted for that. I don't buy the notion that I should have to be prepared to survive 24 hours every time I leave civilization.
Out of about 2 gazzillion hikers, a small number get lost or need to be rescued during a summer. They are invariable trashed for being unprepared and having bad judgment and yet most of them survive 24 hours before help arrives or they stumble out of the woods.
So pardon me while I continue to hike my local mountain with a fanny pack after work, and bushwhack remote mountains without telling anyone where I'm going on the weekend.
Hike free or die.
Or was it hike free AND die.
Exactly! Are we going to regulate what has to be carried, classes for education? Mileage? Speed? Schedule? Who checks? Who pays?
I'd like to think I'm prepared, but not having a crystal ball, I cannot predict what I might run into, and you can't pack for every conceivable possibility.
I think Pete has dibs on the corneal injuries.