JAK
quote"My point was that I prefer the sort of detailed expert advice that Jim Shaw and MNS provide"

Thanks JAK <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I'm glad the detail seems useful. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />The devil is in the details ya know. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Its a royal pain writing explicit detailed posts and I know it annoys some people. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> But theres been a few - like "how to melt water when you have none to start off" and how about "How to get into a tent in a blizzard - so that you and the inside of the tent remain dry" and others that are painfully detailed, but without the detail, they're just general "good ideas" like "keep your knife sharp" <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I mean if you don't actually learn how to do an important skill before its needed, then you will most likely screw it up the first half a dozen trys before you learn the importance of the detail. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Et All
Our society is under a lot of pressure by people selling fear. I am not selling fear - I don't make any money doing that so I can't afford the time for it. My hope is merely to help those who might learn from my experience good and bad for their own benefit.
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I am sort of wild reckless guy and I have tried MANY of the things that I suggest are stupid to try, yet I survived. I used to go up the Sierras ahead of huge mountain storms to be there for the storm - not something I recommend, but because of this extremeness I have been forced to learn an extended set of skills that takes me out of the 1 year of experience 30 times category. I CAN tell you all about being in REAL mtn storms and crawling through deep snow. I regard it as fun, like riding really fast across the desert on my motorcycle, but frankly without the experience I have I wouldn't have as much fun.

AS Midnight say - you don't have to get very cold before it destroys the fun part of your adventure.

JD, as for spelling Rainear - we have a lot of creative ways pf spelling in Oregon... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> however everybody knows what I meant to say. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />