[pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT

[The Dosey Family]

Bill, That is close, but not them... But I truly appreciate the efforts for 
sure. I have spoken to many, and have had many responses over the last day 
or so from a lot of really great people, and All have assured me that they 
should be just fine, and the more information I find out, has me leading to 
believe that is the case, and that their Spot unit is the cause of all the 
frustration. I will still keep making inquiring calls at the places that 
have registers, and keep a watch on the posts and hopefully on the trails, 
and at some point they will check in. Their next supply is in Tehachapi so 
they should still have ample supplies for now.....
And we will keep moving forward from here.
Thank you again for your information and time
Wes



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Burge" <bill at burge.com>
To: "PCTL Listserve" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Out of Contact Hikers on PCT


>I did some searching on Postholer (awesome site!) and found Sarah and
> Mikey:
>
> <http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?sid=d7083c6ff74ada9b456c34339904fd5d&event_id=346#
> >
>
> They are in a similar day range to Jake&Sarah.
>
> They had a SPoT marker in Idyllwild on May 5th and one north of 10 fwy
> on May 8th.  They had their most recent SPoT on May 15 (this morning)
> a ways west of the 15 fwy.
>
> They had one in Big Bear on May 11.
>
> I own a SPoT and yes, they can be finicky about when they connect AND
> the blinking LED interface can make you _think_ you sent a OK message
> when you did not.  I usually wait a LONG time and send more than one.
> This is part of why, in my earlier posts, that I warned against using
> the SPoT device if what a hiker _really_ wanted was a distress
> beacon.  (I will still carry my SPoT on the trail or my Mom won't let
> me go - I'm going to be 49 soon!  ;-)
>
> Hopefully, they are fine and hammered at the Cabazon Morongo Indian
> Casino, sitting by the pool and treating their sunburns with Margaritas.
>
> BillB
>
>
>
> On May 15, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Postholer wrote:
>
>> Yep, their last SPOT was definitely from the water fountain:
>> http://tinyurl.com/plbc74
>>
>> I've scanned the journals for May 5,6,7. Lots of trail names given so
>> nothing obvious was found.
>>
>> 9 days is a long time to be out of touch. My first 'guess' is they
>> probably
>> went on a bender in Palm Springs. They may have quit their hike and
>> are
>> embarrased to tell anyone, especially if someone else is paying for
>> it;
>> happens more frequently than one may guess. Ugly statement, but
>> there it is.
>>
>> I know it's hard not to worry, but they'll turn up safe and sound
>> I'm sure.
>>
>> -postholer
>>
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