[pct-l] Deaths in the Sierras

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

Seems like is now almost as dangerous to actually go hiking in the wilds 
as to drive there.

Anyone ever found any stats on people killed going to/from trailheads??

Tortoise

Hiker97@aol.com wrote:
> Some of the latest body count in the Sierras reported in The Inyo  Register.
>  
> 1.  Female hiker, 57, falls several hundred feet on a day hike on  Friday in 
> the Virginia Lakes area.  Body located on Saturday, August  30.
> 2.  Female, 22, was hiking on JMT 1/4 mile above Nevada Falls and  slipped 
> while jumping from rock to rock.  Body not found yet.
> 3.  Male, 21, fell over the top of Upper Yosemite Falls while posing  for a 
> photograph.  Fell 1,430 feet down falls and body recovered in pool at  bottom.
> 4.  Female camper received 2nd and 3rd degree burns at Hilton Lake #4  on 
> Friday, August 19.  She was cooking when fuel escaped and flashed into  intense 
> flames.  She suffered burns on her wrists, chest, face and injuries  to her 
> head, shoulder and left ankle.
>  
> Be careful out there, Switchback
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