[pct-l] Through Hiking as a job

Sun Oct 13 15:08:43 CDT 2013

I found this on Google search.......

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On Behalf Of Meridith Rosendahl
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 2:51 PM
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Subject: [pct-l] Lost (and found) Dog on the PCT

Last Wednesday a dog was reported abandoned or lost on the Pacific Crest
Trail north of Belden. He was covered with burrs and had very sore feet. On
Saturday, June 29, Henry, Bogie Fingers, Catch-Up and Grease came upon the
dog and found him in pretty bad shape. Very skinny under all that fur,
frightened, and sore. He didn't want to be caught and got into a creek where
the guys were able to get him out. They fed him what they could from their
packs and finally decided that they had to get him out of there. So they
loaded him on their shoulders and took turns carrying him back to Belden.
They took him to the Caribou Store and the owners there promised to find him
a new home, and possibly keep him. He's a very sweet dog, even tempered and
gentle, and if someone  abandoned him they should be boiled in oil. These
four guys are my heroes. I am so very proud of them for taking the time, and
effort to carry him (and lead him part of the way) the miles back to safety.

Here are some photos, one taken by the original person who found him and
posted a photo on PCT's facebook page, and two by the hikers who rescued
him, and one of the hikers.

https://picasaweb.google.com/Meridith59/LostAndFound?authuser=0&feat=directl
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Andrea Dinsmore
PCT MOM

On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:20 AM, marmot marmot
<marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I really don't know the whole story. It was on the pct-l some time in late
> July.  I believe they found the dog north of Sierra City. Does anyone know
> more.   Marmot
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 13, 2013, at 10:42 AM, "Tracy Fisher" <tfisher9 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I too am sorry the hiker didn't stop, I would have as I am sure
> many others would have.
> >
> > Regarding the hikers who saved the dog, can you give me more details on
> that one?  I remember in N. Cal. going past an empty camp with a note on a
> rock saying that their dog was lost. From there I spent the next couple of
> hours whistling and calling out as I walked north in hopes of the dog
> hearing me.  Nothing happened and I always wondered what happened.
> >
> > Tracy (aka Running Commentary)
> >
> > > From: marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com
> > > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:13:15 -0700
> > > To: dannywormington at gmail.com
> > > CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Through Hiking as a job
> > >
> > > I am horrified. Maybe there is an excuse but I can't think of one.
> Remember the hikers who saved the dog north of Sierra city. This year I met
> some south bounders who went out of their way to find a home for a kitten
> found on the trail near. Burney Falls. That is what is normal In the past
> 20 years as a long distance hiker I've heard so many stories like these. I
> am sorry for someone being so uncaring. Marmot
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:47 AM, "Danny Wormington" <
> dannywormington at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My wife and I recently hiked from Steven's Pass to Steheken. It
> > > > was early September and before all this snow and terrible weather. We
> > > > only had three days of rain and miserable drizzle. We met many
> through
> > > > hikers and they were very pleasant for the most part. One hiker had
> > > > stopped briefly at Lake Sally Ann and when he passed us he said he
> > > > wished he could spend a zero day there but there was no time. That
> was
> > > > when I realized that for most of these through hikers the hike is a
> > > > job. It's as if they don't have any sick leave left so they have to
> > > > plug on and on. They don't have time to stop and enjoy, they only
> have
> > > > a deadline to meet even if it means pushing the envelope.
> > > > At one point in the trail a huge tree lay across a switch back so
> > > > that you had to climb down a vertical slope to the trail You had to
> > > > cling to slender tree roots, digging your toes into the soft, wet
> duff
> > > > to make your way down. As my wife climbed down, a tree root snapped
> > > > and she bounced to the trail below, laying on top of her pack like a
> > > > turtle on its back. There was a through hiker who had just caught up
> > > > with us and was waiting impatiently for us to finish our short
> descent
> > > > so that he could hurry on to meet his schedule. Time was a-wasting.
> > > > When he got his chance he danced down the steep slope danced by my
> still
> > > > prone wife. And hurried out of sight without a pause or a word. Time
> > > > was a-wasting. I checked my wife out, helped her to her feet and only
> > > > then did I begin to wonder what was so important about a through hike
> > > > that you didn't have time to help another hiker in distress. Well, I
> > > > was there, so I guess that took the load off him, and his job was so
> > > > important that he didn't have time to slow down.
> > > > Just a thought. Perhaps it is the same kind of thinking that drops
> > > > a hiker unwittingly into chest deep snow without warm clothes or
> enough
> > > > food.
> > > > It isn't really a job.
> > > >
> > > > Danny
> > > >
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