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Sensitive like a motherfucker! Relax, Cave. I wasn’t accusing you of being
sexist. I was mostly just wondering aloud if this would have been published
had it been a dude on a 600 hardtail. Given the information provided, I wasn’t
convinced that she was in any way a liability. Sounds like you get down with
some pretty hardy women. Good on you.
Certainly the point of the article was to question whether being prepared
precludes adventure. I think it depends on your level of experience and what
you’re personally comfortable with. Outside of clear irresponsibility,
suggesting that someone is a liability is rooted in opinion. I have family and
friends that are minimalists, but all of them are prepared to deal with the
consequences. They don’t set out to be underprepared, but being over prepared
attenuates the experience for them. Personally, I have 3 young kids and a
wife, so when I venture out, it’s always over prepared (to a fault). Adventure
be damned!
Sept. 19, 2014, 2:59 p.m. - Henry Chinaski
#!markdown Sensitive like a motherfucker! Relax, Cave. I wasn’t accusing you of being sexist. I was mostly just wondering aloud if this would have been published had it been a dude on a 600 hardtail. Given the information provided, I wasn’t convinced that she was in any way a liability. Sounds like you get down with some pretty hardy women. Good on you. Certainly the point of the article was to question whether being prepared precludes adventure. I think it depends on your level of experience and what you’re personally comfortable with. Outside of clear irresponsibility, suggesting that someone is a liability is rooted in opinion. I have family and friends that are minimalists, but all of them are prepared to deal with the consequences. They don’t set out to be underprepared, but being over prepared attenuates the experience for them. Personally, I have 3 young kids and a wife, so when I venture out, it’s always over prepared (to a fault). Adventure be damned!