JOURNEY-EXPEDITION PLANNING

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Planning Concept—what-objective-function-where—inspiration-research: personal sources, Internet, libraries, Journey, 40 PlacesType 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 Baserent…

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 drainscaffeine

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 typesriver, 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 & shoesdress-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

Basestorage between home, destinationrent etc.

Special needs

On return

Review. Goals

Mesh vacation with life | general planning

Unpack food-store | gear-basic-extreme-reserve

Specific needs identified before | during trip

Wilderness gear-supplies

Navigation Maps, compass | watch | glasses & spare, UV-sunglasses | binoculars | flotation

Pack Pouchsmall 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 containerswater, sugar, next days b/f-coffee-milk… | small containerssalt, 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, logfor 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

Repairneedle-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

Food-drinkper week / stated

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 | soups4 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

 

For development

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 advanceleader-runner-emergency responder, evacuation, communication with outside responders, and that trauma and non-traumatic conditions include an environmental componentextremes 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


JOURNEY OBJECTIVES AND ITINERARY


Concept

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

Objectives

Health, strength, into nature

Project 1.                   Hike, food, sleep; adjust / minimize for maximum openness and health

Fundamentals-life and death

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

Placement—work, fundamental

People and places—enjoyment and placement

Hike: Two weeks—start ~ September 9

Health, strength, lovely places, into nature, ideas and experiments, reflect on objectives above

Trails

Known. HoboPapoose; Stuart Fork—Alpine, Sapphire; Long CanyonDeer Creek Lake; Canyon CreekCanyon Creek Lakes, El Lake, Mt. Hilton

Have copies of description. Mavis, Fox Creek, and Virginia Lakesbeautiful, 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 trailheadsand hikes

And. Mountain Lakes Wilderness, Rt. 40 out of MedfordComo, Harriet Lakes

And. Other wilderness

Humboldt: One week—start ~ September 23

Exploring, and fun

Explore, enjoy, friends

Chores

Mail checks ~ Sept 21

Look into local placement

Possibilities

Brief…

Preparation for placement, placement and people

Detailed preparation for San Francisco, Portland-Seattle and neighboring cities and areas, Reno… and other possibilities

Contacts—friends and placement

Preparation—possibilities for other trips

Placement, places and people: Two weeks—start September 30—possibilities

People and places

San Francisco, Portland-Seattle and neighboring cities and areas, Reno… and other possibilities

Placement

Universitiesresearch, ideas… Private sectortechnical

Universities and colleges

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. PortlandPortland State University, Reed College. RenoUniversity of Nevada, Reno

Private sector, technical, governmentcity, county, state, federal

San FranciscoAccenture, HP, Intel, Oracle, Gap Inc, Levi Strauss. SeattleBoeing, Microsoft, City of Seattle. PortlandOregon State Hospital, Flight dynamics—aircraft navigation instruments, CH2MHILL, Dames & Moore, City of Portland

Remaining time and trips: One week—start October 14

Objectives

Hike

Places

Local

Return: October 24

 

After vacation—general reflection

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