Planning Concept—what-objective-function-where—inspiration-research: personal sources, Internet, libraries, Journey, 40 Places… Type Wild | Travel | Local People, places, enjoy, camp | placement When—dates Type Extended-short-weekend-day/night | single, shake-down, multiple, expedition | special, extreme conditions Plan Calendar, contacts, itinerary, journal Travel, vehicle, work arrangements Base—rent…
Psychic Concept, objectives. Meditation (1) | meditation(2). Trial trip… Safety. Attitude, terrain-weather, leaders, runners, radio, evacuate. Plan. Secure site, safe rescue. ABC-CPR: check airway-breathing-cardiac function / cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. Wound manage. Medical, outdoor, mountain conditions & sickness… Solo safety, risk as positive, notify contacts (Outlook), rescue authorities
Physical, metabolic Trial journey, trip, skills. Condition aerobic, strength, flexibility. Metabolism routine, reserves, eliminate metabolic drains—caffeine
Gear, supplies, food, fluids Check needs-practice gear use | fit pack | seam-seal tent, tarp, bivouac sack, rain gear | fasteners, zippers | stove operation, maintenance Experiment minimize weight-items-containers-duplication-time-operations = daily sequence | consolidate sacks, liners | foods, amounts, variety indiv pkts | base foods-variations | quick cook-steep pre-prepare overnight | eliminate coffee-sugar-vitamins | mate-tea | condensed milk on short trips
Home Readiness trip types—river, hike, camp | day, overnight, extended | solo, group | good, extreme conditions | trip packs, sacks-duffels, boxes + legend | Secure, insurance, inform contacts
Bills pay or prepare to pay bills, insurance, rent, utilities, cell phone
Pack Advance supplies 1-2-4… week + reserve @ base e.g. truck-home | gear basic-extreme + reserve. Note reserves and spares are not sharply distinct but reserves tend to be at remote locations, whole rather than parts, for multiple trips, and planned. On route perishables
Travel Docs-visas, permits wilderness… | Tickets, reservations | Addresses (US consul)
Truck-trip needs Readiness | service, safety | vehicle docs, driver license | spares, tools | travel boxes, duffels | clothes & shoes—dress-casual-walking, rain gear, tent, toilet, sleeping | laundry-trash bags | folding chair-table-cot | stove-fuel, food-fluids, ice box, evaporated or plain milk container | maps, travel guides | light, reading, glasses, writing—pen and paper, computer, printer | cash, phone, bank cards | misc: cell, music, camera, rifle, bike | secure vehicle
Base—storage between home, destination—rent etc.
Special needs…
Review. Goals
Mesh vacation with life | general planning
Unpack food-store | gear-basic-extreme-reserve
Specific needs identified before | during trip
Navigation Maps, compass | watch | glasses & spare, UV-sunglasses | binoculars | flotation
Pack Pouch—small items | straps, ropes | liners—13/30 gal | Ziploc—quart, gallon | sacks—food, s'bag, clothes, misc | liners | clasps | spares | water containers—rigid, large-flexible | rigid qt & pt containers—water, sugar, next days b/f-coffee-milk… | small containers—salt, spices, vegetable oil… | day pack
Tent or tarp, ground cloth. Ropes, stakes, spares | ensolite-air mattress. Sleeping bag, (inner) layers
Clothes Light shirts, shorts, pants | base thermal layers | bandana, towel | cap | intermediate thermal layer—top, bottom | outer layer—jacket, pants | wind pants, jacket | rain gear—Gortex or other: pants, jacket with hood, gloves, gaiters; poncho | warm gear for extremities—gloves, wool head and face cover, inner layer Footwear Boots, sox | sneakers | sandals | spare laces | crampons
First aid Emergency 1 page flow sheet, log—for groups | water purification | insect repellent | aspirin, ibuprofen, codeine, benadryl, salt-tabs, hydrocortisone, antibiotics, betadyne, inhalants, allergy tabs | tape, absorbent pads, gauze, acewrap, bandaids
Toilet Tooth brush-paste, comb, towel, soap, razor, mirror
Repair—needle-thread / dental floss-blades-rubber bands-safety pins-buttons, stick-on patches, pole stabilizer
Misc Knife, flashlight, spare batteries & bulbs, lantern, earplugs, thermometer, pen, paper
Camera Pack, film, lens, filters, shades, flash, stand, batteries, accessories, spares
Rope to hang food
Fluids 1 to 1½ gal a day—in normal hiking
Breakfast, drinks Cereal ~ 4 cup equivalent | milk—2 packets | coffee—7oz. at 5 tsp per day or 10 oz. at 7 tsp per day | teas / kool-aid | sugar—16 fl oz | vitamins
Lunch, trail Tortillas | Beans Light Nuts, fruits—3 cup, 2 cup | Cheese, crackers
Dinner Rice ~ 3 cup | ramen ~ 3 pkt | beans ~ 2 cup | dried vegetables, misc ~ 1-2 cup | soups—4 servings | oil, clarified butter ~ 2 oz | fresh vegetables—onion, peppers, garlic, ginger, 2 lime | salt, spices | dessert—occasional
Stove Base, repair kit, windscreen, funnel, lighters, matches | Fuel ~ 0.75 qt / week
Cookware, plates, bowls, cups, spoons
Extreme conditions Wet, rain, heat (tropical, desert,) cold (ice, snow,) mountain, polar, river, ocean (oceanic extremes of storm, ice,) animal, human threat, war. Extended journeys, expeditions. Natural shelter, clothing, food, living. Activities Bicycle, canoe, sailing, para-sailing, kayak, ski, snowshoe, sled other touring, packing, climbing, diving, running, swimming
Wilderness safety, emergency response and medicine. Difference from non wilderness response emphasizes preparation and adequate caution, improvisation, evaluating and securing the scene, setting up roles in advance—leader-runner-emergency responder, evacuation, communication with outside responders, and that trauma and non-traumatic conditions include an environmental component—extremes of heat and cold, altitude sicknesses, avalanche / animal / other threat Safety emphasizes preparation—adequate gear, supplies both general, medications, treatment and communication; knowing routes and hazards; knowing emergency and first aid response, knowing wilderness medicine, knowing how to evacuate; setting up leadership, treatment, runner roles and communication… and attitude—toward precaution, risk, and life. Solo travel emphasizes preparation, precaution and attitude. In emergencies assess bivouac vs. hike out and self-treatment needs
Response
Emergency response—evaluate scene and secure if necessary, noting number of victims. Preliminary triage—one minute—identify rescue-a-b-c-shock needs; see all victims first except for physically inaccessible victims, triage intervention, limited time survival interventions andor interventions assignable to non triage responders including simple 1-step rescue, choking, control profuse bleeding, cover sucking chest wounds. Basic life support—required in less than six minutes—a—open airway; breathing—clear airway, cover sucking chest wounds, deflate gastric distention; carotid pulse check—if present resuscitate, if not do CPR. Secondary triage—victims that must be abandoned; serious vs. less serious conditions requiring treatment or evacuation within minutes to hours vs. days. Communicate with emergency medical system by radio or runner. First aid or emergency evacuation—for serious conditions such as abdominal injuries, controlled profuse bleeding, critical burns, shock and emergency evacuation by party or rescue evacuation where treatment is ineffective, e.g. a deteriorating victim or, partial evacuation to lower altitude for high altitude pulmonary or cerebral edema. Routine response—the lowest active priority—no major injury, i.e., various medical and environmental conditions, initiate search and rescue, routine bivouac and survival, and evacuation of non-victims
Transformation for my life, death and journey in being
Enjoyment
Refine goals on the fly… lookup inspirational sources, maps… I may be inspired to change everything especially after a week in the Trinity Alps
Project 1. Hike, food, sleep; adjust / minimize for maximum openness and health
Journey in being—ideas-experiments
Project 2. Experiments. Ideas from manuscripts
Project 3. Ideas. Logic as—a part of—perception. Since symbol is at least potential perception, Logic is perception. What is desired, however, is (a) direct or at least more direct perception and (b) a simpler / perceptual proof of the existence of the Void andor fundamental principle
Optional projects
Project 4. America / world / phase 3—action
Project 5. Reflect on phase 4. Theory, design, simulation, construction of a variety of being—physical, psychological, social, technological
People and places—enjoyment and placement
Health, strength, lovely places, into nature, ideas and experiments, reflect on objectives above
Known. Hobo—Papoose; Stuart Fork—Alpine, Sapphire; Long Canyon—Deer Creek Lake; Canyon Creek—Canyon Creek Lakes, El Lake, Mt. Hilton
Have copies of description. Mavis, Fox Creek, and Virginia Lakes—beautiful, relatively easy, not crowded; Long Gulch and Trail Gulch Lakes—both beautiful with cirque, 4 and 8.5 mi, respectively, hard hike, Trail Gulch is less visited and its cirque has 7617' Deadman Peak; Hidden Lake, easy, 0.9mi hike
Also. Swift Creek, Boulder Lake, and Coffee Creek trailheads—and hikes
And. Mountain Lakes Wilderness, Rt. 40 out of Medford—Como, Harriet Lakes
And. Other wilderness
Explore, enjoy, friends
Mail checks ~ Sept 21
Possibilities
Brief…
Detailed preparation for San Francisco, Portland-Seattle and neighboring cities and areas, Reno… and other possibilities
Contacts—friends and placement
San Francisco, Portland-Seattle and neighboring cities and areas, Reno… and other possibilities
Universities—research, ideas… Private sector—technical
San Francisco—Berkeley, UCSF, San Francisco State, San Jose State, University of San Francisco, Dominican University of California, College of Marin. Seattle and surrounding—University of Washington, Western Washington University in Bellingham. Portland—Portland State University, Reed College. Reno—University of Nevada, Reno
San Francisco—Accenture, HP, Intel, Oracle, Gap Inc, Levi Strauss. Seattle—Boeing, Microsoft, City of Seattle. Portland—Oregon State Hospital, Flight dynamics—aircraft navigation instruments, CH2MHILL, Dames & Moore, City of Portland
Objectives
Hike
Places
Local
There is only one commitment
Continue exploring and implementing the changes that I sense
Prepare to resign from Humboldt County retirement / alt non-PERS work so that PERS income will be pocket money
Minimize life, planning and possessions