[pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT HAVE BEEN FOUND....

[The Dosey Family]

Julie, thank you for your e mail and kind words, It has certainly been a learning experience for us all. 
Have a great day 
Wes 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Julie Flaming 
  To: The Dosey Family 
  Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 4:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT HAVE BEEN FOUND....


  Hi, Wes - 

  I'm a PCT-L reader here in Portland, OR. Just wanted to let you know that I've been following the situation all day while I work in my little office (I'm an editor) and am SO glad to hear that your missing hikers are ok! My parents are retired from the Park Service and have done more than their share of SAR and I hated to think of your family having to go through the whole process of a broader search like that. You obviously were doing some great detective work, and those two are obviously lucky to have you backing them up as "spotter."

  So, best wishes! Hope they get to return to the trail once they've recuperated a bit.

  Julie





  On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:58 PM, The Dosey Family <dart at uneedspeed.net> wrote:


    Gary,

    Absolutely I can share some of the lessons learned for the hiking community,

    First,         Know your trail.... One of the biggest problems they created
    for themselves was packing WAYYYYY to much gear and rations, instead of
    using all the collection spots along the trails for rations to be delivered
    to, they way over packed and were well overburdened right from the start.

    Second    More water.... Less Other heavy items..... MORE WATER....

    Third.....    They ended up pulling off the trail due to dehydration and a
    blown out knee... and also did not have any cell coverage at the time, BUT
    neglected to make contact in a reasonable amount of time......  SO if you
    are out there and have any sort of Home Support..... Stay in contact to some
    degree.... If you want to hide out and wander for a week... just let someone
    know ahead of time..... Unfortunately all we know on the home side of things
    is a time frame you tell us and that's all we have to work with so
    Communication is important.

    Finally as far as what have they learned preaty much everything above....

    Thank you all again for all your support and help.
    Have a great day and Happy Trails to you all
    Wes Dosey






    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com>
    To: "The Dosey Family" <dart at uneedspeed.net>

    Cc: "Terry Morse" <loserjr1 at hotmail.com>; <pct-l at backcountry.net>
    Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:56 PM
    Subject: Re: [pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT HAVE BEEN FOUND....


    >
    > On May 15, 2009, at 3:44 PM, The Dosey Family wrote:
    >> Hikers have been recovered They just showed back up on the grid,  Thank
    >> you
    >> all so much for your e mails and support.  They are safe and sound,  and
    >> off
    >> the trail for a bit.
    >
    > With the hiker's permission, could you share with the list any  "lesson's
    > learned"?
    >
    > Was there an equipment failure?
    > If there was a navigation error, how could it have been prevented?
    > Miscommunication regarding the next check-in?
    > What would they do next time in a similar situation?
    >
    > I think this sort of "analysis" after even minor incidents is helpful  to
    > the hiking community.
    >

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