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INCLUDE 1 HAVING A GAME PLAN.  DO YOUR RESEARCH AND KNOW WHERE YOURE GOING
BEFORE LEAVING FOR YOUR TRIP.  2 MAKING SURE SOMEONE KNOWS HOW LONG YOU
WILL BE GONE.  IF YOURE LATE AND THEY CANT REACH YOU, ADVISE THEM TO CALL
911.  3 STAYING WITH YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BREAK DOWN, AS IT WILL PROVIDE
SHELTER.  4 BRINGING A FIRST AID KIT AND ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER TO LAST A
FEW DAYS LONGER THAN YOU PLAN TO STAY.  5 CHECKING THE WEATHER AND BEING
AWARE OF ANY CHANGES.  6 BEING ALERT ON THE TRAILS.  THIS INCLUDES BEING
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AWARE OF WILDLIFE AND LEAVING IT ALONE AND ALWAYS CHECKING WHATS AHEAD OF
YOU SOME TRAILS END AT CLIFFS OR LARGE CAVERNS.  PREPARING FOR MY TRIP I
PLANNED MY TRIP AROUND THE WEATHER BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WOULD
HAVE GOOD PROPAGATION CONDITIONS.  THE WEEK PRIOR TO MY QRP PORTABLE TRIP,
A CORONAL MASS EJECTION WAS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE PLANET SOMETIME
AROUND JANUARY 22 AND POSSIBLY DELIVER A GLANCING BLOW TO THE ATMOSPHERE.
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