[pct-l] River Claims Victim

[calliger at infolane.com (calliger@infolane.com)]

50,000 people die (or used to recently) per year in the US
in auto accidents. Thousands are murdered in our cities each
year...LA and Oakland and NY have 1 murder a day almost...

So...give me the Sierras (or tetons, or Rockies, or Mt Blanc)
anytime!!

Just my morbid 1.02 (raised to be consistent with
 the Bush Gas Tax, from .02)

R

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:43:14 EDT, Hiker97 wrote
> 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
> 
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