[pct-l] your experiences with fear on the trail

[Tortoise]

Before we can give you some advice, please tell us where you are planning 
to hike.
General rule is the farther you get from roads and "civilization" the safer 
you are from criminal-type activities. Baddies are usually lazy and don't 
want to spend a lot of time walking and searching for a victim.

Natural hazards vary with what trail you hike and when.

My 2¢

Tortoise

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
President John F Kennedy,  1962

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On 2011.12.30 19:40, helen walsh wrote:
> I'm a young newbie as well, trying to plan out a long hike this summer, and
> was wondering along the same lines of fear and experience about solo
> hiking. I live in an area where nobody really does this sort of thing, and
> would ultimately like to spend some time alone on the trail anyway. Any
> advice for an 18 yr. old female strking it out Muir- style?
> Lenny
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes<
> diane at santabarbarahikes.com>  wrote:
>
>> On Dec 30, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, Sonora Pass was pretty scary as a whole. Truly the last
>>> "pass." Don't underestimate it, and don't be a ******* idiot like moi!
>> I forgot about Sonora Pass. I still have not done it. When I went
>> through, I got lost and went over Emigrant pass instead. I was a
>> little worried about that at first, but I was following a trail for a
>> while and some footsteps and I was going north so no matter what I
>> figured I ought to run into the highway eventually. Sure enough, it
>> all worked out, plus I got some ice cream at Kennedy Meadows north.
>> So all-in-all, not scary, but maybe scary is what happens when you
>> have time to build the fears up beforehand.
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