[pct-l] The RIDDLE continued

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

Ya gotta start to turn stuff in now...friend of mine lost a
backpack at WHitney portal...bear got it..dragged it off trail
someone spotted it becasue it was red..

They turned it in to L & F (Campgroudn manager/store)

He got it when we got back the following week!


Richard

At 11:45 PM 6/5/03 EDT, CMountainDave@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 6/5/03 7:39:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>goslowgofar@yahoo.com writes:
>
><< 
> Did you know that the park has a Lost and Found
> office? You can turn in found items at any visitor
> center, ranger station or campground office.  You can
> even fill out a form to have the items sent to you if
> they go unclaimed after six months. And, yes they
> really do that.  I have a friend that worked there and
> her job was to send out unclaimed items to the finders
> if they indicated that they wanted them. 
> Or maybe you did that?
> Katy >>
> No. I didn't know that. I didn't really want the stove,( I never have used 
>it) but thought it would be a waste to throw it away. Nobody I knew needed a 
>stove so I just hung onto it.  The pack had been there for many years. The 
>fabric was quite deteriorated, with vegetation growing through it and I was
quite 
>surprised that the film turned out at all. This all happened back in the early 
>80's. I doubt that I would have filed a lost and found report if a bear 
>dragged off my pack since the odds of someone finding it off trail would be
very 
>remote. It was a good 1/4 mile off the trail. Maybe they did. Guess I'll never 
>know. 
> I found a pair of crampons once on a Three Sisters trip. I gave them away 
>since I already had a pair. 
> 
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