[pct-l] Hiker rescued near Snow Creek/Fuller Ridge was NOT dehydrated

[Guthrie Nutter]

Thank you for clarifying the facts.  For those of us heading to Idyllwild,
what is the name of this Mexican place so we can steer clear of it, and not
create a huge Burrito in a Hurry Ridge along Fuller....?

G

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Melissa Rexilius <
melissa.rexilius at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> I had the pleasure of hanging out with Sarah, aka Quijote, now more
> appropriately named "Airlift" for a good 5 hours yesterday to help her get
> her eye glasses and trekking poles which were not allowed as loose items on
> the helicopter. She was not dehydrated, and she was not sick from altitude.
> She had food poisoning from a Mexican Food restaurant in Idyllwild. It's
> unfortunate that the Riverside Sheriff's Department has ran this story
> without knowing all the facts, and subsequently some people believing it up
> to another under-prepared or ill-equipped hiker, based on the report. She
> had plenty of water in her, it was the food. I feel like I need to stick up
> for this girl! She's still trying to keep food down 3 days later in Palm
> Springs. A dehydrated or altitude sick individual would have long ago
> recovered.
>
> t.Rex
> _______________________________________________
> Pct-L mailing list
> Pct-L at backcountry.net
> To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>
> List Archives:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
>



-- 
www.guthrienutter.com