[pct-l] Big Bear SAR and frostbite update

[cvano at tmail.com]

Got a 404 on this one.  Would like to see it though.  Any ideas?  I do 
have a personal locater beacon mounted on my PFD for sailing but it's 
too big and heavy for hiking.  Could you see the Coast Guard steaming up 
the side of Mt. Whitney????   As a side note, Seattle Mountain Rescue 
said they could in deed home in on it even though it was made for 
nautical applications.  The frequencies are the same, 121.5 and 241 some 
kind of hertz

Frostbite

I did loose part of my left big toe from the frostbite.  They took it 
off Monday morning.  I didn't lose as much as I thought I would and 
recovery is going very well.  I had already had breakfast and was 
outside smoking an hour after surgery.  Didn't have a general anestetic, 
just a local nerve block.  Lost maybe a half inch of toe and the nail 
and have 8 stitches.  I walk fine in the morning but have a very 
pronounced limp by the end of the day.  Also my calf hurts by then.  I'm 
sure this will get better as the healing progresses and I quit trying to 
walk with my big toe up in the air.  It only hurts on impact or when I 
try to stretch it either up or down.

Looking forward to day and overnight hiles this summer and still 
planning the JMT next year.

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:01 am, Bill Batchelor wrote:
>
> Near the PCT this weekend.  Chalk one up for the Personal Locator 
> Beacon.
> Probably saved them another day or so waiting to be noticed as missing.
>
> http://www.10news.com/news/15611961/detail.html
>
> Pink Gumby
>
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Anacortes, WA.