[pct-l] PCT Hiker Missing in S. Washington

[Bill Burge]

More like "day hiker lost near PCT".

When I do a day hike on the PCT, I don't consider myself a "PCT hiker".

Hope it turns out ok...

Billb
Typoed on my iPhone!

On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:04 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

> http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/03/search_resumes_for_missing_hik.html
> Search resumes for missing Pacific Crest Trail hiker By Noelle  
> Crombie, The
> Oregonian <http://connect.oregonlive.com/user/ncrombie/index.html>  
> March 09,
> 2010, 1:05PM
>
> Skamania County Sheriff officials are using the dog today in hopes of
> finding the missing hiker. The search for a Portland State University
> student who went missing last week during a hike on the Pacific  
> Crest Trail
> via the Table Mountain Trail continues today.
>
> Detectives with the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office joined the effo 
> rt to
> follow up on tips, including a report from another female hiker who  
> said she
> encountered a man who flashed her on the trail last Thursday.
>
> “We weren’t ever able to confirm the story but we don’t believe  
> it is
> connected with (Kathrine Huether) being missing but we would be  
> remiss if we
> blew it off,” said Undersheriff Dave Cox.   Cox this morning stresse 
> d that
> authorities do not think Kathrine Huether’s disappearance is suspici 
> ous.
>
> “We really feel what happened is she ran out of daylight and for som 
> e reason
> got off the trail,” Cox said.
>
> He said about 30 searchers headed out about 7:15 a.m., compared with  
> 50
> searchers on Monday. Cox said he’s put out a call for search dog tea 
> ms as
> well.  Cox said two helicopters -- one from the U.S. Coast Guard,  
> and one
> from the Army National Guard in Washington -- joined the search at  
> around
> 10:30 a.m. this morning.
>
>
> He said he remains optimistic about finding Huether. He said  
> temperatures
> dipped below freezing and snow levels dropped to 800 feet. But she  
> said if
> she has her backpack and supplies, he thinks she can hold on.
>
> “We are hoping she does (have her backpack) and she is able to stay  
> warm and
> able to survive,” Cox said.
>
> -- Noelle Crombie
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