[at-l] Laws of Backpacking: Rules of the Obvious

[shane@theplacewithnoname.com (Shane Steinkamp)]

> > 1.  Only you can prevent forest fires.
>
> 1) Check on the forest fires...

Yep.  Only you, Sly, can prevent forest fires.

> 2) After hundreds of "experiments" cooking right outside my tent
> and pulling
> my pot inside to eat I've never had a visit.

Hence the 'law'.  Of course, professional risk takers are exempt.

> 2) I consider it sacrilegious to filter mountain springs!

If it's coming right out of the spring, I usually don't either.
Unfortunately, that isn't always a frequent experience.

Shane