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Jun 20, 2013 at 8:14 pm #1998580
My 2 essentials are my neck knife and firetseel. They stay on my body while I hike. If I ever loose my pack, I can still build a fire and comfortably survive a cold night.
Jun 20, 2013 at 10:50 pm #1998614Rob
Excerpts from the book
"I went on a month-long streak of climbing four-teeners in January, with close calls on all of them." Or after somewhat goading two others to ski down a dicey slope, an avalanche ensued nearly killing them all. He stated "I felt guilty about my own decisions: decisions based on ego, attitude, overconfidence, and ambition, which overrode the combined training and experience of our group." His two companions haven't spoken to him since.
What you said seems quite true. I think every risk he took just emboldened him. Maybe the loss of his arm (during a relatively safe trek) saved his life.
Dean
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