OT - walking alone in Yosemite

An English friend ( a young woman) has some time to spare in May and is
thinking of going back-packing on her own in Yosemite, on her way to
visit relatives in LA. When I asked her what rod she was taking, she
told me she doesn't fish. (Doh!) So this is OT.

All the same, I said I'd see what the thinking was on roff about the
safety of this sort of enterprise.

She is a tough enough cookie. She was on the British Olympic fencing
team and was the British Commonwealth foil champion.

Lazarus

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"Lazarus Cooke" wrote...
An English friend ( a young woman) has some time to spare in May and is
thinking of going back-packing on her own in Yosemite, on her way to
visit relatives in LA. When I asked her what rod she was taking, she
told me she doesn't fish. (Doh!) So this is OT.

All the same, I said I'd see what the thinking was on roff about the
safety of this sort of enterprise.

She is a tough enough cookie. She was on the British Olympic fencing
team and was the British Commonwealth foil champion.

I wonder how bears respond to "En Garde!"
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She is a tough enough cookie. She was on the British Olympic fencing
team and was the British Commonwealth foil champion.


I wonder how bears respond to "En Garde!"

Depends on how they react to sabre rattling.
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Frank Reid
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"Tim J." wrote in
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"Lazarus Cooke" wrote...
An English friend ( a young woman) has some time to spare in May and is
thinking of going back-packing on her own in Yosemite, on her way to
visit relatives in LA. When I asked her what rod she was taking, she
told me she doesn't fish. (Doh!) So this is OT.

All the same, I said I'd see what the thinking was on roff about the
safety of this sort of enterprise.

She is a tough enough cookie. She was on the British Olympic fencing
team and was the British Commonwealth foil champion.

I wonder how bears respond to "En Garde!"



I don't know about Yosemite, but small groups of women have had trouble on
the Appalachian trial.

Just seems like an unnecessary risk to me, for any adventurer, male or
female. Especially in unfamiliar territory.

If she does opt to go, standard rules apply--Let someone know your plans,
your route, your expected length of the trip. Leave a tinfoil impression
of your boottrack with someone. I'd consider a Personal locator beacon,
http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/emerbcns.html, if I really wanted to enjoy the
wilderness solo. Maybe a satellite phone or something.

Scott

Scott Seidman wrote:
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Leave a tinfoil impression
of your boottrack with someone. I'd consider a Personal locator beacon,
http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/emerbcns.html, if I really wanted to enjoy the
wilderness solo. Maybe a satellite phone or something.

And I thought *I* was anal about solo backcountry travel. ;-)

Really, if you think you need all the latest electronic doodads and
accoutrements to take a trip into the backcountry you probably don't
have the skills to be out there in the first place.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote in
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Really, if you think you need all the latest electronic doodads and
accoutrements to take a trip into the backcountry you probably don't
have the skills to be out there in the first place.



Damn straight.

Scott

Scott Seidman wrote:

Ken Fortenberry wrote in
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Really, if you think you need all the latest electronic doodads and
accoutrements to take a trip into the backcountry you probably don't
have the skills to be out there in the first place.



Damn straight.

Scott

Yes and no. It doesnt hurt to have a way of getting in contact with other
people as well as being
able to locate your position. You can leave them off if you feel that
using them isnt macho enough
but they are nice to have if you happen to have an accident.

One of the guys at a local flyshop likes to go fishing alone and he is
fairly competent taking care off
him self. However last summer he did slip and broke a leg in a somewhat
remote location. It took
two days before he was found. With either a locator beam or a
GPS+satellite phone he could have
turned those on and made the emergency call.

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in
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Scott Seidman wrote:
snip
Leave a tinfoil impression
of your boottrack with someone. I'd consider a Personal locator
beacon,
http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/emerbcns.html, if I really wanted to
enjoy the
wilderness solo. Maybe a satellite phone or something.

And I thought *I* was anal about solo backcountry travel. ;-)

Really, if you think you need all the latest electronic doodads and
accoutrements to take a trip into the backcountry you probably don't
have the skills to be out there in the first place.

Everybody has his or her own comfort level. John Muir used to go on
thousand mile hikes carrying nothing but a bag of bread and tea (he
would roll the sack down a mountain ahead of him to bust up the bread
so that it could be chewed). On one occasion he hopped up and down
all night on a glacier to keep from freezing to death, rather than
risk trying to traverse it in the dark. On another (presumably in
Yellowstone), he and a companion spent a night rolling over and over
in some sort of hot spring or mud pot, alternately boiling on one side
and freezing on the other. I don't recall ever coming across a
reference to how he felt about other people's outfits, but one can
easily imagine him saying that anyone who needs all the latest doodads
and accouterments like sleeping bags and tents probably doesn't have
the skills to be out there in the first place.

Wolfgang

On 3/25/04 3:06 PM, in article ,
"Wolfgang" wrote:
Everybody has his or her own comfort level. John Muir used to go on
thousand mile hikes carrying nothing but a bag of bread and tea (he
would roll the sack down a mountain ahead of him to bust up the bread
so that it could be chewed). On one occasion he hopped up and down
all night on a glacier to keep from freezing to death, rather than
risk trying to traverse it in the dark. On another (presumably in
Yellowstone), he and a companion spent a night rolling over and over
in some sort of hot spring or mud pot, alternately boiling on one side
and freezing on the other.

It was on Mt. Shasta on a winter ascent:

http://www.siskiyous.edu/library/sha.../snowstorm.htm

An amazing account that loses none of its excitement with each read.

Bill

"Wolfgang" wrote

.. On another (presumably in
Yellowstone), he and a companion spent a night rolling over and over
in some sort of hot spring or mud pot, alternately boiling on one side
and freezing on the other.

The story I remember was on Mt Shasta. There is a thermal vent very near
the summit and I'm pretty sure it was Muir that survived a night on top by
using it's heat. I've been there, seen and felt the vent, and it was
very hard to imagine that stinky gas/ mud pot replacing the heating system
and microwave in my travel trailer

... my comfort level has changed a lot the last few years G