[pct-l] Ruby Jenkins - PCT author

[Jim Keener]

I had reason to contact Ruby Jenkins in 2004 and found her to be a  
kind, supporting, giving woman. The story you reference is about us  
too, her tribe, who find communion in the mountains. Thank you for  
letting us know of her passing.

Jim Keener ( J J )

510-698-6341 (home)
415-793-6176 (mobile)



On Oct 31, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Roslyn Bullas wrote:

> One of the coauthors of the PCT guidebook to Southern California,  
> Ruby Johnson Jenkins, passed away over the weekend. The Bakersfield  
> Californian published an obituary that beautifully summarized her  
> accomplishments as a later-in-life backpacker and an author, after  
> her son J.C. Jenkins  died in a car accident and she kept his  
> legacy alive by authoring his guidebooks. (Mt. Jenkins in Section F  
> is named after him.):
>
> http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/272143.html
>
>
> Roslyn Bullas
> Managing Editor, Wilderness Press
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