[pct-l] Whitewater canyon fire

[markwright at lazy-son-of-a-bitch.com (Mark Wright)]

Were any of you virgins? Maybe you were meant to be a sacrifice.

My uncle works in Idyllwild as a forest firefighter so he must have  
known about it, or so I would think. I'll have to give him a lecture  
about communication.


Mark

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On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:49 PM, Rudolph Duda wrote:

> I just returned home from a hike from Campo to Big Bear City and  
> wanted to pass this incident along to others.
> I was hiking with a number of thru hikers including Adam, Hobo, Nate,   
> Ian, Jerry, and Lou. We arrived in Idyllwild on May 14th and were told  
> about a big fire in Whitewater Canyon by a clerk at the Post Office  
> and by someone at one of the motels. Since we were going thru that  
> area in several days we checked with the Forest Service Office in  
> Idyllwild. Unbelievably, we were told by two Rangers at that office  
> that there was no fire in Whitewater Canyon. One of the Rangers even  
> checked on the computer and verified that there was no fire!! We hiked  
> out of Idyllwild on  May 16th, stayed at the Pink Motel on May 17th  
> and hiked thru a burned out Whitewater Canyon on May 18th!!! At the  
> time we were in Idyllwild approximately 450 people and numerous  
> aircraft were fighting this fire!!! and we were sent out like lambs to  
> the slaughter. I am not sure what planet the Forest Service is living  
> on, but they must be very incompetent. We did see them on Devils Slide  
> Trail making sure all the day hikers had all their permits in order.
>
> I have not gotten all the info on the fire, but we heard that a PCT  
> hiker started the fire with a sterno stove. I could not believe the  
> wind up on San Gorgonio Pass and thru Whitewater Canyon. I have a hard  
> time believing that a thruhiker was even able to get a stove started  
> in that area. But, if they were dumb enough to get one started they  
> should have at least made sure there was no vegetation around the  
> stove. But I am sure this topic has been discussed already. We heard  
> the hikers will be paying for the firefighters. We and I hoped no one  
> got hurt fighting that blaze.
>
> Happy Hiking, Rudy
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