[pct-l] trail fatalities

[Will Hiltz]

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Will M <jalan04 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm planning on doing a short talk on Thru-Hiking at work next month and
> was
> just thinking about what the 5 most dangerous aspects of thru hiking are.
> I'm looking for input but in no particular order I have hypothermia,
> falling, river crossings, heart attacks, dehydration, rattlesnakes.  I'm
> guessing most non-hikers would list bears but I don't think they belong in
> the top five.  Any thought s on this.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Georgi Heitman <bobbnweav at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Three other trail fatalities that I'm aware of would be Recycle(ed?) in
> > 2006
> > within just a few days of No Way
> > Ray's fall, and since he was new to the trail, not as quickly recalled.
>  He
> > fell at Kitchen Creek, maybe two days into his hike.  Was it that same
> year
> > that a (day?) hiker was found...I don't recall where, not at a spot, like
> > Kitchen or Deep Creeks, but more out in the middle of a really hot area
> > down
> > south.  Two empty canteens were found behind him at spots a distance
> > apart...I remember reading here that knowledgeable hikers said they
> > wouldn't
> > start that section with less than three 'containers' of water.  And in
> > 2005,
> > hikers tell of seeing a red pack floating or caught in the ice in
> > Evolution?...I think so, Lake.  He (the body underneath the pack) had
> been
> > a
> > weekender out on the trail from what I understood.  Saw a photo of that
> > pack, just out there by itself on the ice...got shivers.
> > Just here to upset the stats just a bit...and wishing they were being
> > tilted
> > the other way................
> > FireFly
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