Sounds like quite an adventure Gary...never "ASS-U-ME" that you are going to have "a nice quiet relaxing trip"...that's usually when things get a little nutty! Glad you made it home safely.
I can't wait to hear about your Whitney trip with Joe!
Stacy
Really Stacy, I'm usually prepared for the worst - we all should be in the backcountry - but it's extremey rare that anything occurs worth writing home about. Of course, I mean other than brilliant sunrises/sunsets, natural wonders, wildlife (from afar), and all that other pretty stuff that draws us out there to begin with. I've hiked thousands and thousands of miles in almost every corner of this country you can name, and there may be a half dozen stories worth telling where the norm varied to any real degree. Snakes, skunks, scorpions and the occasional bear are bound to present themselves, but if you cautiously ass-u-me (
) they're around every corner or under every log, and conduct yourself accordingly, that pretty much takes most of the risk factor away. There is always the weather, however . . .
Joe's convinced we're going to have an adventure. And we are - just the good kind! Count on a TR from a couple of perspectives. Since I've not been able to train like I wanted (so far) Joe's TR will probably mostly read, "Hiked a couple of hundred yards, stopped, waited for Gary to catch up. Hiked another couple-hundred yards, stopped, waited for Gary to catch up . . ." Repeat refrain.
