[at-l] Trail Maintenance: Blazing

[jbkramer@afn.org (Bryan Kramer)]

I doubt there are many places in the eastern US that you can't find
you're way to civilization by following the two rules:

1) Walk down slope until you find a creek.

2) Follow creeks, streams ect downstream.

This will just about always at least get you to a road.

Bryan


> >
> >>You've seen the plaque at Pinkham Notch?
> >>
> >>The list of the deceased?  It grows every year.
> >>
> >>Granted some (many?) of those who died weren't
> >>terribly smart or well-prepared.  And not all who die
> >>are hikers, some are clowns who lose it while trying
> >>to ski down Tuckermans' Ravine or in that general
> >>area.
> >>
> >>There are lots of places on the AT where getting
> >>seriously lost could be fatal.  I agree, one should
> >>have map and compass and know how to use them.