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[pct-l] (Guest Post) Gear vs gear vs gear



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Fallingwater wrote:
While hypothermia is not a laughing matter, I've yet to hear of a single death of a long distance hiker due to hypothermia.

I'm sorry to report that this fall an AT hiker died in the White mountains, primarily of hypothermia.  (A head injury sustained the day before may have also been a factor.)

Some of the details of the events leading up to his death are discussed here:
http://appalachia.outdoors.org/bbs/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=825