[pct-l] PCT Risks (was Snake Bites...)

[elee at microsoft.com (Eric Lee (GAMES))]

Dude wrote:
>
greg raises some good point.  there are many other things that your 
worrying where your worrying would be better spent.  seems like I read 
somewhere that the mots likely risk of death for PCT hikers is 
hypothermia.  I'd be much more concerned about keeping warm and well 
nourished than being bitten by a snake.
>

Yeah, after reading last year's trail journals, I'm amazed that no one
died of hypothermia during the big storm at the end of August.  It
sounds like several people's survival was due more to luck than skill.
It's always the unexpected things that get you.

Eric