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[pct-l] pct hiker lost n found



Hi yall,

I, along with Chinaman and Crazy John are beginin to think about the CDT in 
07 or 08...
Does anyone have any good websites or info for it?

Thanx,
Mouse

>From: Pea Hicks <phix@optigan.com>
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] pct hiker lost n found
>Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 11:33:54 -0700
>
>hi all-
>
>didn't see anyone else post this news item from a couple days ago,
>so i figured i'd chime in:
>
>http://www.10news.com/news/4336115/detail.html
>
>*****************************
>Lost Hiker Found After Six-Hour Search
>Hiker Lost In Rural Area, Calls For Help
>
>POSTED: 3:02 pm PST March 31, 2005
>UPDATED: 9:15 am PST April 1, 2005
>
>SAN DIEGO -- A 50-year-old hiker is safe Friday after getting lost
>during a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in Pine Valley.
>
>Raymond Sorensen of Santa Barbara was found in good condition after
>a six-hour search in the rural East County terrain Thursday
>afternoon, San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Don Robbins said.
>
>Sorensen was dropped off in Campo on Wednesday with plans to hike
>the entire trail, which stretches 2,650 miles up to the Canadian
>border, Robbins said.
>
>But Sorensen contacted authorities at about 10 a.m. Thursday, saying
>he had lost his way in the general area of Boulder Oaks, near
>Interstate 8 in the southeastern reaches of San Diego County,
>Robbins said.
>
>Deputies searched the back-country locale and its environs into the
>early afternoon, then called in a sheriff's helicopter and a
>search-and-rescue team, Robbins said.
>
>At about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities found the man in the Campo
>area, sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos said. As it turned out, he had
>wandered to a spot not far from a sheriff's substation.
>*****************************
>
>
>i'm still having trouble getting a mental picture of exactly where
>he went wrong...?
>
>
>pea
>pct05
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