[pct-l] Probability of Disaster

[Wes Rose]

These conversations always remind me of John Donovan's tragic death in the San Jacinto Wilderness 
area in 2005.  His story can be found and researched on the links below (in no particular order).  Like 
so many of the stories of trail fatalities I've read about, the hiker himself was the biggest contributor in his 
demise, no disrespect intended to Mr. Donovan.  
http://billdonahue.net/2006/10/
http://www.traditionalmountaineering.org/Report_Lost_TwoHikers.htm
http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/PressReleases/admPR-JohnDonovan.htm
http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2010-January/033305.html
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=3052
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12737512/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/11/AR2006051102047.html
http://www.rmru.org/missions/2005/2005-017.html
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.true-crime/2006-06/msg00485.html
http://www.rmru.org/missions/2006/2006-06-04.html
http://friends.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2006-August/000834.html
http://www.backcountry.net/arch/pct/0506/msg00012.html
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=97238
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9052