[pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT

[Bill Burge]

I did some searching on Postholer (awesome site!) and found Sarah and  
Mikey:

<http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?sid=d7083c6ff74ada9b456c34339904fd5d&event_id=346# 
 >

They are in a similar day range to Jake&Sarah.

They had a SPoT marker in Idyllwild on May 5th and one north of 10 fwy  
on May 8th.  They had their most recent SPoT on May 15 (this morning)  
a ways west of the 15 fwy.

They had one in Big Bear on May 11.

I own a SPoT and yes, they can be finicky about when they connect AND  
the blinking LED interface can make you _think_ you sent a OK message  
when you did not.  I usually wait a LONG time and send more than one.   
This is part of why, in my earlier posts, that I warned against using  
the SPoT device if what a hiker _really_ wanted was a distress  
beacon.  (I will still carry my SPoT on the trail or my Mom won't let  
me go - I'm going to be 49 soon!  ;-)

Hopefully, they are fine and hammered at the Cabazon Morongo Indian  
Casino, sitting by the pool and treating their sunburns with Margaritas.

BillB



On May 15, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Postholer wrote:

> Yep, their last SPOT was definitely from the water fountain:
> http://tinyurl.com/plbc74
>
> I've scanned the journals for May 5,6,7. Lots of trail names given so
> nothing obvious was found.
>
> 9 days is a long time to be out of touch. My first 'guess' is they  
> probably
> went on a bender in Palm Springs. They may have quit their hike and  
> are
> embarrased to tell anyone, especially if someone else is paying for  
> it;
> happens more frequently than one may guess. Ugly statement, but  
> there it is.
>
> I know it's hard not to worry, but they'll turn up safe and sound  
> I'm sure.
>
> -postholer
>
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