JimShaw,
I seem to recall another long-time poster on this forum that used to say the same thing.....his name started with an E,
"Earthling" I think it was.

and that is a good thing.


ps...I didn't take BrianLe's post to infer that you implied anything. I think it is just another point of view,so to speak. And as TomD said, someone with hunting and outdoor expiernce but is new to backpacking is different than someone that is completely new to the 'outdoors'.

Just my $0.0005