[pct-l] Section A fatality Saturday

[nitnoid1 at yahoo.com (tom aterno)]

Corte Madera is a peak to the northwest of Lake
Morena, and within sight of Lake Morena.  I climbed it
with the Sierra Club this past fall.  Kicked my butt. 
Very steep and over grown trails.  There was a lot of
evidence of illegal activity.  The BP has trip sensors
on the trails, but we did not see BP that day nor
illegals.

There was about 1 foot of snow in the Boulder Oaks
vicinity today.  Did a short hike with my son and his
dog.  Very beautiful but cold and windy.  Maybe this
will make me appreciate the hot desert to come.

Tom KI6ASP (amateur radio)

--- David Plotnikoff <david@emeraldlake.com> wrote:

> Note that this is *not* necessarily on the PCT
> proper. The AP report seems
> to indicate the hikers were between Pine Valley and
> Mt. Laguna ... Still,
> pretty close ... Be careful out there.
> 
> >    ALPINE, Calif. (AP) ... A hiker died Saturday
> after getting
> >lost in the snow in rural San Diego County but four
> others
> >were rescued, authorities said.
> >
> >   Border Patrol agents trained in
> search-and-rescue were
> >notified about 7:30 a.m. that five people were lost
> near
> >Corte Madera in Pine Valley, spokesman Richard Kite
> said.
> >
> >   The high-elevation area is east of San Diego
> near the
> >Cleveland National Forest.
> >
> >   The hikers were found after several hours but
> one died.
> >Kite declined to comment on the cause of death.
> >
> >   The other hikers were taken to area hospitals
> and there
> >was no immediate word on their conditions.
> >
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