[pct-l] River Claims Victim

[Hiker97 at aol.com (Hiker97@aol.com)]

Not to be the harvester of doom on this list, but here is some info from  The 
Inyo Register.
 
"A mail, 53, died August 31 in Roaring River in Kings Canyon NP.  It  was the 
fifth time this summer a park visitor has died in the park's streams and  
rivers."
 
It seems falling and water are the big killers out there.  I am  guessing 
that each year in the Sierras about 30-40 people die in  accidents.  May be it is 
a lot higher than this. Then there are all  the injuries too.  Those have to 
be in the hundreds each year, if not  thousands.
 
All the planning and preparation for a backpacking trip is very  appropriate.
 
Your hiking buddy, Switchback