[pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

Well, from that location they could have gone to Cabazon and played  
in the casino for a while or picked up mail or a few supplies. It's  
even possible to go to Palm Springs instead, but surely they would  
have called.

After that they could have stopped in at the wind farm but probably  
didn't. After that they would have entered wilderness and probably  
camped somewhere near one of the creeks, Whitewater or Mission.

Then between Mission Creek and Big Bear there are several  
campgrounds, but they are without much in the way of services. People  
can access some of them by 4WD road. Two that hikers often stay at  
are Mission Creek Trail Camp and Arrastre Trail Camp.

After these, the next stop is usually Big Bear. If they didn't stop  
in Big Bear they would have had cellphone coverage in the area for a  
few miles. After that I don't think they would have much coverage for  
a couple of days until they passed Deep Creek and emerged near the  
Mojave Dam.

You said that their last contact was the 6th. It's now the 15th.  
That's 9 days. In that amount of time I had made it to Wrightwood  
from Cabazon.

In any of their contacts with you did they say anything about meeting  
any interesting people? If they did, you might be able to find those  
people on trail journals or postholer and see if they say anything  
about your friends.

Diane

On May 15, 2009, at 7:04 AM, The Dosey Family wrote:

>
> Hello Diane, The only contact is the spot unit, they have a Sprint  
> cell phone, but from what I have heard so far it does not sound  
> like they will have any signal, beyond that the only journal is  
> with them, no online blog or posting that I know of.  Is there any  
> Campground they might have stopped at between the Fountain at snow  
> creek and Big bear? I saw one on the map the Heart Bar Campground?  
> but dont know if that would even be a possibility for them or not?
> Thank you
> Wes
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes  
> dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 6:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT
>
>
>>
>> On May 14, 2009, at 10:20 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>> No at all, This is the message recieved from the Spot.
>>> SPOT Check OK. All is good in the woods!
>>> ESN:0-7478317
>>> Latitude:33.878
>>> Longitude:-116.6794
>>> Nearest Location:not known
>>> Distance:not known
>>> And here is the link to the map as well.
>>>
>>> Time:05/06/2009 18:52:19 (US/Pacific)
>>> http://maps.google.com/maps?
>>> f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=33.878,-116.6794&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> Wes
>>>
>>
>> From the picture on the map, it looks like they made it down to the
>> drinking fountain at Snow Creek. They aren't lost on Fuller Ridge or
>> anything like that. So their next step would have been the long hot
>> cross of the desert divide and the long slog up to Big Bear. That
>> ought to take only 3 or 4 days or so.
>>
>> Were they using trail journals or postholer or some other blogging
>> tool to keep an online journal?
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