Re: [Paddlewise] My Own Deep Trouble - Part Three

From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 18:29:44 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote:

> I have found that when the little man on my shoulder starts whispering
> I had better pay attention.  Find out why I'm getting that voice and
> then fix the problem that caused it.  If one finds themself in a place
> that they don't feel comfortable they need to do something that makes
> the man on the shoulder go back to sleep.

I had a similar experience some years ago while car camping on Rosie's
Ridge, just east of the Tetons. I pitched my tent next to a little pond,
figuring there would be lots of wildlife coming down that I'd be able to
see. As soon as it was done, I started getting the willies, for no 
discernible reason. They just would not go away. This never happened to me
before. Finally I gave up to the urgent internal promptings, and moved
camp to a point some distance away, after which I felt fine.

The next morning I stopped for a map at the Forest Service office, and was
told that the area I had just left was heavily populated with grizzlies,
which I had not known nor suspected. I immediately "knew", through some
intuition that seemed then as certain as sight, that I had had a narrow
escape. Guardian angels, or what? e

Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu

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