[pct-l] Lost GPS in Section R

[Don Billings]

Bad news on the lost gps.

Was it labeled with your contact label as per
the recent posting discussion?

Side note: I met a section hiker man who lost his SPOT device on the trail once. 


As luck would have it, he had subscribed to the auto transmission function
and it continued to broadcast. So, he contacted his sister who was
online and who could view his account. She directed him to where
it was broadcasting from which was a ranger station about 40 miles
from his last hike location. He drove there and requested it from
the employee who didn't know what it was and who had put it on 
her office window sill.

Turned out that an HONEST hiker turned it in to the ranger, but
she didn't post any signage about "found" electronics & just drove
back to her station with it. (what good would that have done?)

It could have been a bomb for all she knew since the little red 
light was blinking the entire time which was about four hours.

Don



----- Original Message ----
From: Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
To: PCT List <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 6:17:11 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Lost GPS in Section R

Hi All,

I went for a trip along the PCT from Cook & Green Pass towards I-5 from 
last Friday to yesterday.

On Friday, 09/10, I left the trail with my GPS but when I stopped for a 
break about 1 1/2 hours later I couldn't find it. I went back to Cook & 
Green looking for it and didn't find it. Today I drove back up there and 
hiked the same segment again and still no luck.

My GPS is a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx and has a micro SD card in it. Reward to 
finder.
If found pleae contact me via list or fone 707-464-1138.

I also checked at the Seidad general store, cafe, and PO.
-- 
Tortoise

PS: The Seidad Cafe has a great hamburger and excellent french fries.  Too 
many fries for this non thru hiker.

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