tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post8164864234776839698..comments2024-03-26T05:15:39.663-07:00Comments on Equestrian Ink: Slickrock--the Making of a BookJami Davenporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259390150273030284noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-74704138028379498732012-10-18T13:44:40.095-07:002012-10-18T13:44:40.095-07:00Well, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" is a lit...Well, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" is a little like that. But she doesn't write about fear, and I don't think she was way out i the woods the way I was. Fear was an issue for me for sure, and coping with that fear was one of the big lessons I learned.Laura Crumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200878892304748308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-50564640506370393862012-10-18T08:24:01.144-07:002012-10-18T08:24:01.144-07:00The difference in your fear level versus Thoreau&#...The difference in your fear level versus Thoreau's would be an excellent paper in itself. Has a woman ever written a female version of Walden?Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303523299217618526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-76113342011358213562012-10-18T07:29:05.377-07:002012-10-18T07:29:05.377-07:00Thasnk you, Linda! I hope you enjoy Slickrock. I&#...Thasnk you, Linda! I hope you enjoy Slickrock. I'd love to hear your thoughts. <br /><br />There were a lot of insights that came to me from living alone in the woods. Like Thoreau, I came to value company--when you haven't seen another human being for ten days, a chance met backpacker is a welcome visitor. It tested my courage to be out there all alone--I was aware that the trappings of civilization were no use to me--this was before the days of cell phones, and no rescuer could have found me, anyway--the lake was not even on a marked trail, let alone a road. I slept with a gun under my pillow, and was sometimes pretty nervous of odd noises in the night. I don't think Thoreau dealt with fear as much as I did. But I stuck it out.Laura Crumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200878892304748308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-70191163280492014412012-10-17T19:57:18.302-07:002012-10-17T19:57:18.302-07:00That is a beautiful picture of you--really capture...That is a beautiful picture of you--really captures the moment in time. I, too, was a lover of Walden, but I didn't have the balls to go live out on my own like you and test it. Can you remember any of what would have been in the paper?? What did you conclude afterward? The main thing I've taken from it after all these years is no matter what happens--it really doesn't take that much to survive--so no need to worry. Oh, and I got the Kindle version of Slickrock...you piqued my interest!! Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303523299217618526noreply@blogger.com