[pct-l] Golden Oak Spring Status

[Donna Saufley]

I spoke to the Kern County Coroner about this gentleman last year; we were
deeply concerned that it was Jackie Harris, a hiker we'd hosted that exactly
fit the description of the deceased man, and who would have been in
approximately the same area at the same time.  Like Jackie, the deceased man
was in his mid-50s and came from Washington state, which set off major alarm
bells for us when we read about the discovery of his body.

The deceased was through that area in mid-July, and had two (empty) litre
bottles on him.  His name was Terry B(something).  I'm sorry I don't
remember his last name.

That's all we ever heard or knew about him.  Unfortunately, we can only
speculate what happened to him and why.

L-Rod


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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Matt Maxon
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:03 AM
To: pct
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Golden Oak Spring Status

Access to Sky River Ranch is by permission only.... And the PCTA trail 
crews have not been able to get permission.....There are several land 
owners who need to give permission and some won't. There is a backlog of 
maintenance issues along here, well now.... there is another....

The "road" up from Mojave is a very poor dirt "road" it was a road at 
one time but not any more. I rode my motorcycle up from Highway 58, very 
very poor condition. really only passable to motorcycles no ATV's I have 
seen shiny new Jeeps up there but.....

The only alternative I can imaging is to have stock pack water in from 
Back Canyon Road. Here again it is on private land but permission can 
sometimes be obtained.

The best solution is to get the BLM on this ASAP, there was a hiker 
fatality  south of  Golden Oaks Spring last year, the reports made it 
sound like it was heat related, perhaps this contributed?

Does anyone know the final word on this fatality.... As I recall this 
person had no water.

Trail90

Pea Hicks wrote:
> dsaufley at sprynet.com wrote:
>   
>> Isn't that the area that Mary Barcik and her husband stock with water?
Their water caches have been life savers in that stretch. 
>>
>> L-Rod
>>     
>
> golden oak spring is pretty far south of the first moto mary cache at 
> kelso valley rd. there *is* a dirt road that passes just above golden 
> oaks spring- maybe someone on the list knows whether it's open to the 
> public or not.
>
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