[pct-l] Fatalities on the PCT?

[Brick Robbins]

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:56 AM, sabi <noself at gmx.at> wrote:
> I am not scared and I don't want to worry people but I couldn't find any
> statistics about fatal accidents on the PCT, only some anecdotal remarks
> like the citation below? And for what reasons get hikers killed on the trail
> - hypothermia, drowning, falling, infarct ...?

This is a little bit of a problem because few of the people on the
trail are thrus, so do you count the weekenders on the PCT?

Offhand I can think of 5 fatalities for thrus since this list has been running.

2 got hit by a car while road walking
1 got lost on San Jacinto and apparently died of hypothermia
1 slipped on a bad section of trail near Deep Creek and fell
1 was trying to exit down New Army Pass in heavy snow conditions
without an ice axe, slipped and fell, then died sometime later from
his injuries - they found his body in his sleeping bag.

I can't think of any others. Anyone else?