[pct-l] pct hiker lost n found

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

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
>
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>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.
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>
>
>i'm still having trouble getting a mental picture of exactly where
>he went wrong...?
>
>
>pea
>pct05
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