[pct-l] Darwin Award

[Edward Anderson]

Hi Shepherd,

I greatly appreciate that you took the time to send me this information. It is very helpful to me in making my plans. How much farther north will you be hiking. If you have additional trail info please send it. My ride will be SOBO from Sierra City. 


Thanks again,

MendoRider/Ed anderson



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From: "aslive at charter.net" <aslive at charter.net>
To: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Darwin Award

MendoRider

I just hiked from Ebbits Pass to Echo Summit.  I am not sure that would be a good section for your horse right now.  There is a lot of snow, not everywhere, but enough.  Much of it is on steep shoots that required me to use micro spikes and were quite steep and slippery.  One shoot had hikers climbing down about 30 feet and then climbing back up again to the trail.  A hthe trail was very hard to follow or even locate as the snow was often four feet deep or more with milted rings around the trees.  This was in a forest.  Snow bridges are milting fast also.

My advice.  Give it a few more weeks.  The snow is milting and is frozen & slippery in the mornings, soft and giving way in the afternoons.

Enjoy your ride.

Shepherd


On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Edward Anderson wrote:

> Last summer, somewhere in the Washington Cascades, my wife and I hiked a short distance to a waterfall where there was a plaque giving the names and dates and ages of those who had fallen to their deaths while trying to get a better view. There were about a dozen! The top of that fall was very well fenced. I don't remember the name of that fall?   Does anyone on this list know its name?
> MendoRider
> 
> From: Mike Jurasius <syntectonics at yahoo.com>
> To: "mendoridered at yahoo.com" <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 4:43 PM
> Subject: Darwin Award
> 
> It is interesting statistically,how many people can't read the warning signs posted everywhere at the top of the falls! On average, I heard one a year goes over!  This is just mother nature eliminating stupidity.
> Mike Jurasius
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