tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post7691069858797048615..comments2024-02-24T15:49:59.506-08:00Comments on Another Long Walk: The Calm Before the StormRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243706924573005381noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-17001308075021614522011-02-15T12:59:35.443-08:002011-02-15T12:59:35.443-08:00Sounds like your next trip to resupply will includ...Sounds like your next trip to resupply will include some waterproofing spray. <br /><br />Had to roll my eyes at your comment about the PCT *almost never* going up and over the tall mountains. <br />What an inopportune time to prove you wrong. Yipes!<br /><br />I enjoy falling asleep to the sound of rain pittering on my tent....not so much to the sound of booming thunder and cracks of lightning. *shaking head*<br /><br />Hike On!<br />~Twinville TrekkersLaughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-7407493873041534802010-12-21T22:38:05.369-08:002010-12-21T22:38:05.369-08:00Love the photo of Irish Lake... and glad you survi...Love the photo of Irish Lake... and glad you survived the thunderstorm in safety. <br /><br />Hansenclan<br /><br />P.S. (Thanks, Amanda, for the clarification, and the link to the SNOPES article.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-35094646723958598932010-12-14T20:16:13.702-08:002010-12-14T20:16:13.702-08:00Well being from Oklahoma you could only imagine wh...Well being from Oklahoma you could only imagine what my fear would have been. But I think you survived I will have to wait for the rest of the posts. When did you reach Canada? At the end of Sept? or in Oct? <br /><br />Goofy girlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-2454876166308749212010-12-14T16:03:20.321-08:002010-12-14T16:03:20.321-08:00The danger of talking on the phone during a Thunde...The danger of talking on the phone during a Thunderstorm is the lightning coming into the house via the wiring, not the case with cell phones.<br /><br /><br />http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/phone.aspAmanda from Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442448914086103409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-7581519631782015252010-12-14T00:34:21.005-08:002010-12-14T00:34:21.005-08:00I remember that storm well! I was hiking a wee bit...I remember that storm well! I was hiking a wee bit farther north on the PCT, just beyond Santiam Pass. I scurried to pitch my tent, dove inside and got every bit of me on top of my sleeping pad. There was no hot dinner for me that night. It was scary enough to make my hair curl.Funhognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-24539998918739913152010-12-13T22:01:55.115-08:002010-12-13T22:01:55.115-08:00I thought you weren't supposed to be on a phon...I thought you weren't supposed to be on a phone in a thunder storm? Heard of lightening hitting the phone before...ODOkie Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577882425558251518noreply@blogger.com