[pct-l] PLBs, SPOT, and SATs

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

Janet,

So sorry to hear of your on-trail injury! Would you tell us more about how 
this happened, where exactly, and what future hikers could do to avoid such 
happening to them (what they should be aware of while hiking, how they could 
prepare for it, etc.)?


"Just remember, Be Careful out there!"

Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
South Lake Tahoe, Ca. 96150
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janet Grossman" <janetgr at Cableone.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] PLBs, SPOT, and SATs


> I'm really un-technological, finally got a cell phone a couple years ago
> but almost never turn it on. However,  I started out alone at Echo
> Summit on 7/28, planning to get to Oregon this trip, and fell on the
> snow about 3 miles north of Barker Pass on 7/29, so at about mile 35 out
> of the planned 640. I knew my shoulder blade was rather badly hurt after
> sliding about 15 feet to the end of the snow and then falling off the
> edge into a snow-melt creek. I was clear that I didn't need an air evac,
> which was good since I couldn't get a cell phone connection down in the
> canyon. I ended up camping in a dry area across from the creek, glad I
> had my long pants and sleeves and headnet already on since I couldn't
> use my shoulder well enough to set up my tent. The next morning I
> climbed back up and over to Barker Pass and got a ride into Truckee to
> an Urgent Care. Although the x-rays there didn't show a fracture, I
> realized I was in way too much pain to consider hiking anymore, so made
> my way home to AZ. The orthopedic guy I saw here thinks my shoulder
> blade is fractured even though his x-rays also don't show it, so we're
> waiting for my insurance to approve the CT scan he wants to do to see
> what's going on. What I know is that every time I do much with my arm, I
> feel moving and crunching in my shoulder blade, as well as excruciating
> pain. Anyway, all this has made me think that perhaps even I will break
> down and invest in a SPOT for my attempt at the same hike next year, as
> of course my situation could have been very much worse.
> Janet
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