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Another trick for finding your tent in the night is to use the little tiny LED lights that can hang from your tent ceiling or a pole. They weigh almost nothing, so putting a couple in there and

Re: night time bathroom trips - I’m usually backpacking with others and always encourage everyone to take a whistle when they step out at night after one companion got disoriented and spent a few

These are all really good points. And, it seems to affect day hikers more frequently. This email thread reminds me of Stephen King's novel "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon". She gets lost after going

Two other points of caution that come to mind which might seem silly but I think are important: 1) The story of?Geraldine Largay demonstrates that even a short trip off trail for a toilet stop can

Thank you. The lake right by the trail was indeed empty, but the one east and west of the pass - off trail - still had some..

I've never been badly lost, only temporarily turned around, so hard for me to say I'd do better than this gentleman. There are things I would do differently however. First, I'd never abandon any bit

A key point indeed, John, and it has a broader fundamental lesson.? We often read of people assuming or even advising that some lesser level of navigational skill or equipment is sufficient for the

John, This is very good advice. I have made this mistake myself more than once. For safety, I carry a small “survival” kit. I have Gaia GPS on my phone. In groups we carry two way radios. In

My first experience in backpacking was in Portola redwoods state park in the Bay Area. This was after a few years of long day hikes. Our leader had about ten plus years of backpacking experience and

I think that any day hike beyond a very short distance should be undertaken with enough to survive an unplanned night out. This doesn’t have to weigh very much, at least in the warmer months of the

We have all made mistakes, so I don't think it is disrespectful to identify the mistakes here and to learn from them I'd say this is the key passage of the SF Chron article: "... he fell off the

On Topic: Talk about impact! The eighteenth annual YOSEMITE FACELIFT? is occurring this week! Over one million pounds of debris was hauled out during the first ten years of this volunteer campaign to

I saw this from a different source: Lost for days on a Nevada mountain, here's how an OU professor managed to survive (

Thanks Frank; that information regarding Donohue exit permit numbers was originally posted here: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/jmtfaq.htm It was only recently added to the general wilderness

The discrepancy is easily explained.? The trailheads information page https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/trailheads.htm is current 2021 information, which will apply through the end of the

I read the article a few days ago and had similar thoughts. I also noticed that he had only a protein bar and some other small snack even though he was planning for a 12 hour day hike. That seems way

Need to say more on my comment regarding a wrong turn. The off trail slip was reported as 1100' below the summit. The article's pictures show it way higher. I got to my supposition by trying to

I saw that same article. Absolutely facinating. Well worth reading, although it may be paywall protected. I read it with topo in hand. And I too thought hard about his actions. He went out

Another valuable note is to always look back at the scenery and work out where you have been and where the car is located. Look at the terrain closely and note key formations. I do this all the time

I'm not? the poster above but here is some Yosemite website sources I've been looking at. Yosemite page discussing move to recreation.gov,