Glad the guy was OK.
Never be too confident with yourself, especially at an age like 60



Ditto here. Last year in the spring we went out for a day's picnic. I did have extra stuff, extra bags , and the wife had extra compliants about my stuff. It was only a bit chilly day so she thought why carry so much heavy stuff as if we were going to the arctic.

Turned out her father who had sugery a few weeks earlier, felt cold and started to shiver. I pulled a heavy blanket and covered him.

Always better to have it and not need it than the reverse. You will be surprised that even in office environment sometimes you may need a tool NOW to do something, and you better have it on you.

The other day my multitool saved the day, literally. I was supposed to start an instrument to do something automatically. There was something broken, and I saw a similar pert in another unused instrument. I pulled the screwdriver out and unscrewed the part and installed it in the instrument and started it.

Instrument worked overnight as I left home.
Haven't I done that, work would have had to be done the next day.

"My backpack is so big because I prepare for others who don't." It's nice to go on a hike with someone I know will be prepared. It allows me to pack normally. My companion can pick up my slack where I'm weak, and vice versa.

That's get's me thinking. The title of this thread could also be "Why you ALWAYS have your kit or a reliable buddy with you."

Technically your kit is still on you, just carried by your assistant, whats the name of a caddy for hikers?

Lost.....

Not sure what the word for a hiker's caddy would be, but in polite company I would call the hiker, "the dearly departed."

Good article. I'm glad he's come forward and told his story. Good reminder to me not to take shortcuts.

HJ

I think you need to take a page from the Book of Chaos. Right now, all you're doing is enabling. What's the point of that?

Sue

Lets see


There is my big backpack

Great story and lessons. Thanks for posting it.

Cute kids!

HJ

[quote=Chisel]Never be too confident with yourself, especially at an age like 60

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I'm 60 and I just spent three weeks in a tent in the Chippewa and Superior National Forests with overnight temps in the 20's. Walked an average of 10 miles a day on the old logging roads, carrying everything I needed in my pack.

Vacation's used up for this year, but will go back up after the holidays for snowshoeing. The last trip we walked 12 miles per day. Didn't see anyone under 60 in the backwoods though, except out by the highway close to their Subarus.

Oh yeah, my wife was with me..... She's old too.