[pct-l] amazing coincidence - John Donovan's friend

[JPL]

How can we learn more about John Donovan?  Sounds like quite a story.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Tortoise
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:26 PM
To: Pacific Crest Trail List
Subject: [pct-l] amazing coincidence - John Donovan's friend

Tuesday I did my usual weekly volunteer roving for Redwood National Park. A
couple stopped me to ask a question and we talked. Conservation led to
hiking and the PCT and ultralight. Turns out she was a friend and coworker
of John Donovan who died on Mt. San Jacinto in 2005 and was part of his
retirement party from the office where they both worked. I told them about
how we on the PCT list became concerned and some went out searching for
John. She told me about John being so stubborn and obstinate and compulsive
where he would even reject carrying an extra ounce.

His coworkers wanted to give him a GPS as his retirement gift but John
wouldn't accept one. He was a character.

Seems his death was due more to obstinate stubbornness rather than 
ultralight.

She also told how John had spent two days hanging on a rope off a cliff in
south eastern Europe (I don't recall the country) and occasionally calling
for help until some other hikers came along and he was rescued.

RIP, John. One of the true originals of the hikers.

-- 
Tortoise

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution 
inevitable
President John F Kennedy,  1962

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