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- Subject: [l/m 11/1/92] rec.backC DISCLAIMER -- Distilled wisdom (1/28) XYZ
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 12:20:11 GMT
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- Archive-name: backcountry-faq/part1
- news.answers: follows Disclaimer.
-
- Distilled wisdom (panel 1)
-
- This is rec.backcountry. And the poster is the assistant to the r.b.nimng
- ranger (he's a ranger, not the net.police or net.sheriff as some would like).
- Read the warning, read the disclaimer, and if you are reading this in
- news.answers, read the special addition, and maybe the Table of Contents
- following the electronic zoological report.
-
- Be warned:
- 1) The "outdoors" are HAZARDOUS, LETHAL, FATAL, TERMINAL w/o extreme prejudice.
- As of this count, three readers of this group are now former-readers.
- Anyone, including highly experienced people, can be killed.
- 2) The information given in this chain of postings should be taken with
- a grain of salt. Failure to heed this advice goes back to warning 1.
- 3) There is no such thing as an "outdoors expert." Experienced people
- realize this. The mountain does not know that you are an expert.
- 4) A memorial to my friends, our friends, our fallen comrades,
- our admirations is integrated as a rec.climbing FAQ panel. Why climbing?
- Most were climbers.
-
- "A man's got to know his limitations..."
- --Harry Callahan, Magnum Force
- [Also quoted by Galen Rowell]
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- "Books are not a substitute for skill, nor can they make safe those who do not
- practice the principles of safety. Books are not substitutes for training.
- We do not wish to discourage people who have age old urges. But they can
- answer simple problems and questions. It is urged that the inexperienced
- avail themselves of instruction, training, and mentorship. We would
- counsel you remember the virtues of progressive training: ... you crawled
- before you walked and walked before you ran. It would be well to take
- your pioneering in little nibbles rather than big leaps. Try the easy off
- trail walks first, then the easy peaks, then the harder ones, always covering
- yourself with a good route of retreat and plenty of time to make it. And
- always herald the philosophy of Norman Clyde: The mountain will always be
- there tomorrow. Aim to be able to say the same of yourself."
- Adapted from the words of (the late) Hervey Voge and David Brower.
-
- news.answers: This post is the first part of a 28 part experimental FAQ
- post (a chain). The other 27 parts are listed in the contents below.
- The other 27 parts are posted one day at a time. These additional parts
- are NOT posted to news.answers but can be read by temporarily subscribing to
- rec.backcountry. The composition of all attributes in
- the contents and Header were deliberately set for the instrumentation and
- experimentation toward discussion self-moderation and maintenance
- (for instance "FAQ" appears no where in the Subject line; the host is also
- a special host, etc.). The chain's headers (Subject line) are useful like
- a light house beacon. The post is issued at the same time from the same
- host on each of those days: this makes a useful network metric. Failed
- postings imply either the posting host dying, or a network connection
- dropping/failing. These posts are also a useful test of literacy
- (how far you read, how well you read, etc.). Occasionally you will see
- uninformed people read and comment about them (they didn't reach this
- paragraph, or the message didn't reach them, or they have not figure out
- what's going on [clueless]). There is alot going on here and its all
- very deliberate. Well,... not all. ;^)
-
- Electronic Zoological content of this backcountry:
- SO far we have readers who would be (Hey! One life at a time, please):
- Flyers:
- Cliff swallow
- Whip-poor-will
- Buzzard
- 2 Eagles
- Mallard duck
- Ptarmigan
- Turkey Vulture
- Great Horned Owl
- Spotted Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Red tailed hawk
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Raven
- Crow
- Peregrine Falcon
- Bat
-
- NA ground mammals
- Yellow bellied marmot
- Moose
- Jack Rabbit
- Bunny rabbit
- Bighorn sheep
- 2 Mountain Goats
- 2 Otter (maybe 1 river)
- Mule (female)
- Donkey
- Sloth
- Oppossum
- Raccoon
- Poodle (with a Mohawk, Pampered Poodle with Perm)
- 2 Lynx (1 Canadian)
- cougar or panther (black, of course)
- 2 coyotes
- Grizzly Bear
- Black bear
- Kodiak Bear (she)
- Wolverine
- 4 Wolves (1 Timber)
-
- Water species
- Sperm Whale
- Orca
- 2 Dolphin
- Manta Ray
- Man-O-War
- muskellunge
- Giant squid (ala 20K leagues under the sea)
- Golden Trout (with the Right Stuff)
-
- African/Asian species
- Ring Tailed Lemur
- 2 Elephant (1 - African)
- Lion (King of the jungle)
- Oryx
- 2 Tiger (1- white)
- Snow Leopard
-
- Reptiles
- Tuatara lizard
- Galapagos tortoise
-
- Amph:
- Salamander
-
- Plants:
- Lichen
- Western Red Cedar
- Slime mold
-
- Amoeba:
- Giardia lamblia
-
- Misc.
- T. Rex
- Yeti
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS of this chain:
-
- 1/ DISCLAIMER <* THIS PANEL *>
- 2/ Ethics
- 3/ Learning I
- 4/ learning II (lists, "Ten Essentials," Chouinard comments)
- 5/ Summary of past topics
- 6/ Non-wisdom: fire-arms topic circular discussion
- 7/ Phone / address lists
- 8/ Fletcher's Law of Inverse Appreciation and advice
- 9/ Water Filter wisdom
- 10/ Words from Rachel Carson
- 11/ Snake bite
- 12/ Netiquette
- 13/ Questions on conditions and travel
- 14/ Dedication to Aldo Leopold
- 15/ Leopold's lot.
- 16/ Backcountry mortality
- 17/ Information about bears
- 18/ Poison ivy, frequently ask, under question
- 19/ Lyme disease, frequently ask, under question
- 20/ "Telling questions" backcountry Turing test
- 21/ AMS
- 22/ Words from Foreman and Hayduke
- 23/ A bit of song (like camp songs)
- 24/ What is natural?
- 25/ A romantic notion of high-tech employment
- 26/ Other news groups of related interest, networking
- 27/ Films/cinema references
- 28/ References (written)
-
-