[pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT

[The Dosey Family]

Hello Diane, The only contact is the spot unit, they have a Sprint cell 
phone, but from what I have heard so far it does not sound like they will 
have any signal, beyond that the only journal is with them, no online blog 
or posting that I know of.  Is there any Campground they might have stopped 
at between the Fountain at snow creek and Big bear? I saw one on the map the 
Heart Bar Campground? but dont know if that would even be a possibility for 
them or not?
Thank you
Wes


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT


>
> On May 14, 2009, at 10:20 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> No at all, This is the message recieved from the Spot.
>> SPOT Check OK. All is good in the woods!
>> ESN:0-7478317
>> Latitude:33.878
>> Longitude:-116.6794
>> Nearest Location:not known
>> Distance:not known
>> And here is the link to the map as well.
>>
>> Time:05/06/2009 18:52:19 (US/Pacific)
>> http://maps.google.com/maps?
>> f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=33.878,-116.6794&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Wes
>>
>
> From the picture on the map, it looks like they made it down to the
> drinking fountain at Snow Creek. They aren't lost on Fuller Ridge or
> anything like that. So their next step would have been the long hot
> cross of the desert divide and the long slog up to Big Bear. That
> ought to take only 3 or 4 days or so.
>
> Were they using trail journals or postholer or some other blogging
> tool to keep an online journal?
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