[pct-l] Deaths in the Sierras

[yogihikes at sbcglobal.net (yogi)]

Come on now, let's not do that.  I'd rather see 
100 posts on dogs and bear canisters than ONE post 
about some unfortunate soul who was killed going 
to/from a trailhead.
 
yogi
www.pcthandbook.com
 
 


Tortoise <Tortoise73@charter.net> wrote: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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