[pct-l] Interesting: emergency stations above Palm Springs

[Bill Burge]

http://rmru.org/missions/missions2000s.htm

They call it the Skyline Trail...

BillB



On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:50 AM, jcil000-pctchat at yahoo.com wrote:

> http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/09/20/2085636_emergency-boxes-installed-for.html
> 
> The Riverside Volunteer Search & Rescue group must be getting tired of searching
> every year in the rugged mountains through which the PCT passes. They've 
> installed
> two emergency stations for lost hikers with solar powered beacons to light the 
> locations after dark.
> 
> Four deaths noted in this article. Same area PCT hiker John Donovan died in 
> 2005.
> 
> The S&R people actually do a lot of work in that area. They have a website.
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