[pct-l] trail fatalities

[Will M]

I'm planning on doing a short talk on Thru-Hiking at work next month and was
just thinking about what the 5 most dangerous aspects of thru hiking are.
I'm looking for input but in no particular order I have hypothermia,
falling, river crossings, heart attacks, dehydration, rattlesnakes.  I'm
guessing most non-hikers would list bears but I don't think they belong in
the top five.  Any thought s on this.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Georgi Heitman <bobbnweav at gmail.com> wrote:

> Three other trail fatalities that I'm aware of would be Recycle(ed?) in
> 2006
> within just a few days of No Way
> Ray's fall, and since he was new to the trail, not as quickly recalled.  He
> fell at Kitchen Creek, maybe two days into his hike.  Was it that same year
> that a (day?) hiker was found...I don't recall where, not at a spot, like
> Kitchen or Deep Creeks, but more out in the middle of a really hot area
> down
> south.  Two empty canteens were found behind him at spots a distance
> apart...I remember reading here that knowledgeable hikers said they
> wouldn't
> start that section with less than three 'containers' of water.  And in
> 2005,
> hikers tell of seeing a red pack floating or caught in the ice in
> Evolution?...I think so, Lake.  He (the body underneath the pack) had been
> a
> weekender out on the trail from what I understood.  Saw a photo of that
> pack, just out there by itself on the ice...got shivers.
> Just here to upset the stats just a bit...and wishing they were being
> tilted
> the other way................
> FireFly
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