http://www.wellorderedchaos.addaptabilities.com/2009/11/the-add-hiker-what-you-need-to-know/ Adventures in ADD Organizing Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:53:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.wellorderedchaos.addaptabilities.com/2009/11/the-add-hiker-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Addy Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:32:58 +0000 http://www.wellorderedchaos.addaptabilities.com/?p=351#comment-10 Thanks for visiting. That story is a great illustration of why preparation is essential. Thanks for visiting. That story is a great illustration of why preparation is essential.

]]> http://www.wellorderedchaos.addaptabilities.com/2009/11/the-add-hiker-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Deb Lauman Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:41:51 +0000 http://www.wellorderedchaos.addaptabilities.com/?p=351#comment-9 Thank you so much for writing about my articles, website and blog. I think being organized is part of being prepared, and that applies to every one of us who goes into the backcounty (even it's not very far). Our SAR team once spent most of a night searching for a family who'd literally intended to go for no more than 20-minute walk, round-trip, from and back to their car. So they left their hiking gear--their extra layers of clothing, flashlights, water ... everything--IN their car, rather than carrying their daypacks--less than 10 pounds--with their "just in case" stuff. Then, when the sun went down, it got really cold at that elevation. They (and we) were lucky we found them before it started to rain. They had young kids with them too. So for reasons like that--and many others, including some that didn't have happy endings--I'm a big advocate of always carrying a 24-hour pack. Before I got into SAR, though, I wasn't nearly as careful about that. I was just lucky. Thank you so much for writing about my articles, website and blog. I think being organized is part of being prepared, and that applies to every one of us who goes into the backcounty (even it’s not very far). Our SAR team once spent most of a night searching for a family who’d literally intended to go for no more than 20-minute walk, round-trip, from and back to their car. So they left their hiking gear–their extra layers of clothing, flashlights, water … everything–IN their car, rather than carrying their daypacks–less than 10 pounds–with their “just in case” stuff. Then, when the sun went down, it got really cold at that elevation. They (and we) were lucky we found them before it started to rain. They had young kids with them too. So for reasons like that–and many others, including some that didn’t have happy endings–I’m a big advocate of always carrying a 24-hour pack. Before I got into SAR, though, I wasn’t nearly as careful about that. I was just lucky.

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