[pct-l] Slightly tongue-in-cheek, some lesser hazards.

[rellinwood at worldnet.att.net (Robert Ellinwood)]

> A couple of years ago a hiker was killed by a falling tree during high
> wind on a trail that I often hike.  That made it a bit more personal.

Personal...?    I've always wondered if trees had feelings.    Come on,
haven't you ever approached a huge old grandfather tree and told it you wish
it could share what it had seen over the years?

Last month, a man I hired to cut trees too close to my house told me of a
relative killed by a tree.  He had been out cutting, approached a big tree,
sat down to sharpen his chain, and the tree BEHIND him dropped a big branch,
split his skull, killing him.  

"You're not taking my buddy, fella!"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-
> bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Eric Lee (GAMES)
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:33 PM
> To: Corky Corcoran; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Slightly tongue-in-cheek, some lesser hazards.
> 
> Corky wrote:
> >
> However, a few hazards were left off.  Trees.  They fall.  No one
> seems to have bothered to warn us about that.  Trees are very common
> along some stretches of the PCT.  I'm not worried about the ones in
> the daytime, they go rather slowly and with some warning.  But at
> night.  And branches.  The dead ones are "crack and hit"  before you
> can even think of the 23rd Psalm.  Widow-makers those are called.  I
> do feel a bit safer because I'm not married anymore, but I'm not sure
> if they are aware of that.
> >
> 
> That's totally true.  I don't have any official stats at hand, but just
> based on my (possibly faulty) memory of the news I'd guess that here in
> Washington, more people have been killed by falling trees/branches while
> hiking than by all types of animals combined.
> 
> In fact, a 5 year old girl was killed here just couple weeks ago.  She
> and her family were out for a quick day-hike when a windstorm blew in.
> A large branch fell and crushed her.
> 
> A couple of years ago a hiker was killed by a falling tree during high
> wind on a trail that I often hike.  That made it a bit more personal.
> 
> Eric
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