Escape Goat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:08 pm
Most of my trips change from my plans
Absolutely. In Reg's book (a very strange one, which can't be obtained in normal bookshops...), the preparation is not for what happens but how to handle what happens.
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP
"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - WW
Precise preperation and planning is well overrated and can lead to mediocre trips ... for adventure to exist there requires a degree of uncertainty and unknown.