[pct-l] Sierra Solo

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning,

I second Palomino’s comments about *Angles in the Wilderness*.  At the ’07
ALDHA-West Gathering at Sierra Pines Amy was the keynote speaker.
http://www.aldhawest.org/gather2007.html

To me Amy’s story is not about disaster; rather it's a cautionary tale of
how an experienced person, doing substantially everything right, can get
into – and eventually out of -- a bad situation.

The take-away for me is this:  Every time I get into an uber-lite mood and
begin pitching gear from my already-meager list, I pick up my small – but
incredibly loud and shrill – athletic whistle, and after remembering Amy, I
put it back where it belongs in my belt pouch.

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Palomino <palomino.pct at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm a pokey older solo hiker. Ultra careful. Risk avoider. Open-minded to
> change, but hesitant to rely on electronics. So far, I have never had to
> discover what I would do if seriously injured.
>
> I'm reading *Angels in the Wilderness* by Amy Racina. On a solo loop hike
> in the Sierras in 2003 (partly on the PCT/JMT), she lost the trail down to
> Tehipite Valley, fell 60 feet, broke a hip and both legs, survived four
> nights and days, dragging her busted up self down a stream drainage to a
> trail, got miraculously saved by fellow hikers. Very interesting
> descriptions of her thought processes. Strongly recommended reading...I
> give it five SPOT markers!
>
> Palomino
> Jim Ostdick
> San Juan Bautista, CA
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