[pct-l] Hiking with a life jacket

[Tortoise]

JMT Reinhold, my o-l-d friend.

I may be old but both my rotator cuffs are still in good working order.

I supplement my balance with my trekking poles, but still my foot 
slipped. Creek wasn't deep enough for a life jacket to be effective. 
Besides my pack is already too, too heavy!

More likely what I need is an ultra light-weight very strong combination 
bright orange hunter safety vest and body armor.

Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>

I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
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Reinhold Metzger wrote:
> Tortoise wrote..........crossing Bark Shanty creek my foot slipped and I
> fell into the creek....
>
> ...........................................
>
> JMT Reinhold wrote:
>
> Tortoise,
> Since your balance, at your advanced age, is not what it used to be, may I
> suggest you wear
> a Coast Guard approved life jacket whenever crossing a creek?......and
> perhaps a hard hat
> to protect against injury from falling objects such as tree branches or pine
> cones.
> Remember....SAFETY  FIRST.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> PCT safety inspector
>
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