[at-l] Talking hiking.

[shane@theplacewithnoname.com (Shane Steinkamp)]

> > NOW, imagine this scenario... We of the list
> are all contestants on the next
> > Survivor.... Now there's a perfectly dreadful thought.
>
> Better still:
>
> Jim not/nor Ginny Owen
> Weary
> RoksnRoots
> Shane
> Baltimore Jack
> Saunterer
> Sloetoe
> Orange Bug
> and, me as the buxom blonde

Sounds like fun.

> Pick one kind of stove

ZIP.  Who wants to carry fuel for 9 people?

> Decide whether to carry a gun or not...and, if
> so, whether or not to use it for
> distress signals

If we go to Alaska, yes.  If Maine, no.  With so much
experience, do you think we'd end up in distress?

> Pick one sleeping bag and pad

I can sleep on a rock.  Someone else can pick.

> Decide whether to hike to an oil company-owned
> cabin in the Brooks Range of
> Alaska or to a ski resort in Maine

I vote for Alaska.  Much prettier country.  (Sorry you
Mainers...)

> Decide what type of power to use for lighting the
> cabin or resort

Nuclear.

> Decide whether to invite Wingfoot and Warren

Sure.  Food might run low.

> Pick one type of water purification

Not much of a problem in Alaska.  Someone else can pick.

> Decide on what flavor of tea (Jim Beam is not a
> flavor of tea.)

Gunpowder.  Olin makes wonderful tea.

For my luxury item, can I bring a snow-mobile, cell phone,
umbrella, or hiking poles?

> Survivors move to round two...

I'd actually expect that'd be all of us.  Especially the
older ones.  You don't get to be an old hiker without
learning a few tricks.

In real life, I can be a pretty hard person to deal with.
On the trail, however, so long as you aren't playing rap
music, I'm usually pretty mellow...

Shane