[pct-l] Side trips

[Craig Giffen]

I've never been up Mt. Thielsen but had always wanted to go.

I'm a little unnerved by it now just because in September of 1996 when I was hiking California and Oregon, I stopped and had lunch at the Mt. Thielsen trail turnoff.  I debated about taking the side trip and ended up continuing north on the PCT instead.  When I was eating dinner at Shelter Cove Resort a few days later I read the newspaper and saw that a girl had died from a fall on Mt. Thielsen, right about the time I had been sitting at the Thielsen trail junction.

In trying to get more info on it for this email I came across this link, I had forgotten about the helicopter that is in Crater Lake which happened a year prior.
http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/cultural-history/smith-brothers-chronology/b-deaths.htm

CG





On Mar 25, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:28:35 -0700
> From: "Scott \"Squatch\" Herriott" <yetifan7 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Side trips
> To: Jo <josie1066 at gmail.com>
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> Jo wrote:
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> <From Mt thielsen I could see Mt. Shasta to the south in California  and
> mt. Adams to the north in Washington-- all the western states-- I was
> fortunate to have a clear day. It was probably the scariest climb I ever
> made. The guide book said " non technical climb" -- I should have paid more
> attention to the "climb" and less to the "non-technical" -- worth it?
> Absolutely!>
> 
> I climbed Thielsen in '09 and, like Jo says, it definately is a testy
> climb. A cool, unexpected benefit is that when you're up there (assuming a
> clear day) you can actually see part of the water's surface of
> Crater Lake. Awesome.
> 
> Squatch
> 
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