On 2006-12-07, Joel Kolstad wrote:

I'd be curious to learn if he used a piece of mapping/routing software to
choose his course;

I'm sure I've heard he had a mapquest or similar generated map.

considering that the road is narrow, gravel......

That would have been a flashing red light for me. In fact, I think I
took that hwy (42?) from 5 to the coast back in '75. Is that the
highway that's the usual detour to the Coast when 5 at Grant's Pass is
closed? If so, we did take it in snowy weather at night and were even
less prepared than he was (I was real young and real stupid). But, I
was smart enough to stay on the road that actually had traffic,
including trucks, on it despite it becoming pretty lonesome on some
stretches. We also put on chains (the state patrol required it).

nb