[pct-l] Irresponsible March 1st (a week late) Sierra Entry Prediction

[Jerry King]

Thanks for sharing Shroomer... further proof that far more lives are saved
in the wilderness than are ever lost!
Jerry


On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> I spent many Easter breaks with my dad in those mountains because the
> Sierra was still deep in snow in April.  One of my favorite times, however,
> had been a week with 8 juvenile delinquents in the San Rafael Wilderness in
> back of Santa Ynez way back in the late 70's.  This was early in my career
> as a Probation Officer.  We crossed Hurricane Deck in a snow storm and
> ended holed up in the old ranger cabin at South Fork, with its nice wood
> stove, for several days.  The last of the California Condors was still
> flying around before the big roundup, and those kids had the time of their
> lives.  There was nobody to rob and they couldn't even burn the place down
> because it was February and they were so scared of the woods they wouldn't
> leave my side.  It was totally fun, and as a young Group Counselor, I
> couldn't believe I was getting paid to go backpacking.
>
> A few years ago at Christmas time, one of those kids, now in his 40's was
> standing across the apple bin at Safeway and recognized me.  "Mr. Williams,
> it's me, Randy."  Then he leaned over to his grown son and says, "This is
> the guy I've always told you about who took me backpacking!"  He was so
> excited and happy and looked over at me again,  "Don't you remember me?  I
> had the hemorrhoids on that trip."  That brought it all back.  His trail
> name had been Hem, and he had been in pain for days, but he still loved it
> and it had clearly made its way into his childhood mythos.  He had told the
> stories of that trip to his own kid over the years.  He had come from a
> terribly abusive and dysfunctional family, but was doing well in his
> adulthood, or at least looked like he was.  But that trip was clearly
> important to him, and may have been a high point in his life at that time.
>
> I have such fond memories of the mountains in back of Santa Barbara,
> especially in the rare snowstorm.
>
> Shroomer
>
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> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Lindsey Sommer <lgsommer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Definitely snow in the mountains around the LA area too! San Gabriel's
> had
> > a nice dusting.
> >
> > On Mar 8, 2013, at 5:59 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
> > diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
> >
> > > FYI the mountains of Santa Barbara had snow today. It ain't over. (If
> > > you don't know, Santa Barbara mountains are 3000-4000ft and don't
> > > often get snow.)
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