[pct-l] To flare or not to flare

[Gerry Zamora]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil.....
...is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
On Feb 10, 2011 8:04 PM, "Gerry Zamora" <gerry0625 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Great fire starter hard to put out and burns way to long. Not sure how
well
> it will scare a bear. Local man found mauled by bear holding road flare. I
> can see the headline already.
> On Feb 10, 2011 7:49 PM, "Ken Powers" <ken at gottawalk.com> wrote:
>> In the middle of Nevada we yogi'ed some water from a passing motorist.
> Well,
>> he thought he was a spaceman - really. When we continued down the
deserted
>
>> dirt road he insisted that we take one of his road flares to scare away
>> animals (or maybe UFO's). We weren't sure how we were going to get rid of
>> the flare.
>>
>> The next morning we passed a pickup that had broken down along the side
of
>
>> the road. As we passed I offered him the road flare. The driver gave me a
>> funny look when I offered it to him. He gladly took it off our hands. I
>> don't think he had a use for it but realized we didn't want to carry it.
>>
>> Never can tell when a road flare might be needed.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Robison" <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>;
>> <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 6:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] To flare or not to flare
>>
>>
>> road flare, lol
>>
>> i thought i'd heard it all.
>>
>>
>> for what ? signalling ?
>>
>> not sure what the intended use it even it's so out in left field.
> certainly
>> not
>> as a fire starter !~!~
>>
>> ~Outpost
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 6:42:36 PM
>> Subject: [pct-l] To flare or not to flare
>>
>> About 18 million people here in Southern California would appreciate
>> you leaving your flare at home.
>>
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 9:54 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not intending this to pick on Mike, so my apologies in advance,
>>> Mike!
>>>
>>> But it amazes that people on this list, and folks that I know and
>>> backpack with, will obsess over a matter of a few grams. They'll
>>> refuse
>>> to carry a stove or rain jacket because they're too much unneeded
>>> weight. The idea of 3 ozs horrifies them. Then they'll carry
>>> electronics, books, guns and road flares.
>>>
>>> HYOH!
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> On 2/10/2011 6:38 AM, Mike Chapman wrote:
>>>> I forgot to mention,I will bring a road flare for emergency on the
>>>> pct(fire option,bear deterant,signal,and it looks cool)
>>
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