[pct-l] baden powell hiker false allarm

[Donna "L-Rod" Saufley]

I'm with you on that one.  It was a terrible thought to think of a hiker in that kind of distress.

The deputy said there were four disparate groups of hikers (none of them PCT thru-hikers) who were involved in the convoluted tale, which somehow led to someone concluding that a solo female day hiker was missing.  The newspaper ran with the story before the investigation and search was over.  SAR sent out a helicopter and teams that climbed all over the mountain before they realized no one was missing.  

L-Rod


-----Original Message-----
>From: Perry Chamberlain <juniper_canoeman at yahoo.com>
>Sent: May 17, 2011 1:00 PM
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] baden powell hiker false allarm
>
>Thank goodness for that.
>I was sitting here this morning thinking how terrible it would be, to be trapped 
>in this storm, injured, on that massive cliff face on that east side drop off.
>nice to hear it was a false alarm.
>wonder what the situation was that caused it to be  reported it to the police.
>canoeman
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