Good call, Teslin, and glad you're okay. I remember an interview with a mountain climber who was caught in a severe electrical storm -- "we felt like flies that were about to be swatted." And with the chance of your access road being cut, it was definitely time to bug out. No sense in adding to the problems of the parks/forestry officials. Seems like there are fires everywhere.
Cheers,
Doug
Yes the forests are very dry here and has been the lead story on the local TV news and many of the
news websites for the last week or so.
When planning the hike, I didn't want to even bring the MSR stove along...to worried about accidentally kicking it over and setting the mountain on fire. Ended up taking the stove anyway for emergency use only and all our planned food intake was based on not needing to be cooked. Lots of jerky, cheese, a few sandwiches etc..
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