[pct-l] Asabat?

[Bill Burge]

I sure hope it isn't.

The age is right, the city is right, the description is certainly possible; the spelling of the last name is wrong, but a common misspelling:  Jeffery instead of Jeffrey.

Anyone know if he's out hiking right now?  Please tell me he's in Hawaii!

SomeGuy
Bill Burge
bill at burge.com



On Aug 12, 2012, at 12:24 PM, JJ Briggs wrote:

> Can anyone confirm is this AsABat? I was at Shelter Cove Resort Sunday
> August 5 with Roadrunner class of '09 doing some trail magic. AsABat and
> his wife stopped by and chatted for a bit and explained what his plan was
> for the week. If it is, his water reports will be missed. My condolences to
> his family.Fluffy Puff


> Searchers find overdue hiker's body at campsite Calif. man apparently died
> of natural causes
> By KTVZ.COM news sources
> POSTED: 11:15 AM PDT August 12, 2012
> UPDATED: 11:20 AM PDT August 12, 2012
> 
>   BEND, Ore. -
> 
> Searchers found an overdue California hiker dead of apparent natural causes
> Saturday afternoon at his campsite near Charlton Lake in the Cascades,
> Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
> 
> The sheriff’s office had received a report around 8:30 p.m. Friday of an
> overdue hiker, identified as William Jeffery, 54, of San Marcos, Calif.,
> said sheriff’s Capt. Shane Nelson.
> 
> Jeffery’s wife told deputies her husband was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
> after she had dropped him off at Elk Lake last Tuesday.
> 
> Nelson said she last heard from her husband on Thursday, when he told her
> he was going to camp at Charlton Lake, located east of Waldo Lake near the
> crest of the Cascades, and to meet her at Odell Lake to camp on Friday.
> When he didn’t show up, she called authorities.
> 
> Jeffery had never hiked this section of the PCT, Nelson said, but his wife
> said he was an experienced hiker, well-equipped with food, water and
> shelter.
> 
> Because of that, and the fact it was getting dark, deputies decided to wait
> and see if he hiked out on his own the next morning, Nelson said.
> 
> When he didn’t arrive by 10 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue
> members and deputies headed to the Charlton Lake area. Lane County SAR
> responded as well, since the lake and some of the trail is in that county,
> Nelson said.
> 
> Deschutes County searchers found Jeffery’s body around 3:30 p.m. at his
> camp near the Lake, Nelson said.
> 
> The death appears to be from natural causes, Nelson said, but the
> investigation is continuing, assisted by sheriff’s detectives.
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