[pct-l] October "Backpacker" magazine

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Backpacker is in the business of selling magazines............
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz at mve-architects.com>
To: "yogi" <yogihikes at sbcglobal.net>; <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] October "Backpacker" magazine


> Yeah, I saw it too.
> I was hoping for far more details.
> 
> The speculation, on the articles part, that Donovan almost summited San
> Jac was odd. How do they know this? And if he did, he'd have walked
> right past the hut where he could have had better shelter than some
> motel rooms I've been at...
> And the part about him not finding the Devil's Slide trail to Idyllwild
> and then being lured by the brighter lights of Palm Springs...
> That's a pretty long walk in bad weather to get to point where he'd even
> get a glimpse of Palm Springs.
> 
> To me, the idea that Donovan was seen near Saddle J, then walked to Long
> Valley is simply inconceivable. Of course, he did it, but what was he
> thinking??? That's a 4-5 hour walk in good conditions, with better
> run-outs along the way to lower elevations...
> 
> And it's tragic that he was closer to the tramway and the ranger station
> at the head of Long Valley than to the point he ultimately was stopped
> by terrain. This would suggest he came from Saddle Junction via Willow
> Creek (as the article states), but again, how do they know this? And if
> he did, he would have been far from San Jac summit! If Donovan wrote
> this in his journal, he must have known where he was! And if he knew he
> was at Willow Creek, then he had to know he was close to the tramway
> when he began descending into the lower Long Valley gorge.
> 
> 
> I was hoping his journal would shed some light on this.
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Saenz ,  Associate Partner
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of yogi
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:14 PM
> To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] October "Backpacker" magazine
> 
> I finally read the feature article on John Donovan. 
> Not sure how accuate the facts in the article are.  It even implies the
> possibility that John killed himself (that's the first time I've heard
> that idea).
> 
> There's also stories of 10 Survival Epics --- and our own Jim Stoltz is
> #3!  His guitar did the work of an ice axe and stopped a possibly fatal
> slide.  Pretty interesting.
> 
> yogi
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