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[pct-l] Trail closed, huh? --- Pacific "Coast" Trail



Hi I don't understand Why was He in Phelan? I used to live there and that's
way out of the way for the PCT, that's below Wrightwood and the PCT isn't
very close to Phelan as you all know. I don't think He did His research very
well. He needs to do more research and come back next year.  Just my
thoughts on this. Remember "Be Prepared" Ground Pounder Bill  "Semper Fi"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "yogi" <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Wayne Kraft" <waynekraft@verizon.net>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 8:03 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Trail closed, huh? --- Pacific "Coast" Trail


> Argh!  Why do they always say "coast" trail?  Even my Mom still does this!
>
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>
>
>
>
> Wayne Kraft <waynekraft@verizon.net> wrote:[from the Saginaw News,
Saginaw, MI]
> Pacific coast hiker's trail closed
> Friday, May 13, 2005
> BARRIE BARBER
> THE SAGINAW NEWS
> After 353 miles, David Estrada headed home from the mountains.
>
> But it was not his choice, the Saginaw Township man said.
>
> U.S. Forest Service rangers closed snow-covered trails along the Pacific
> Crest Trail, ending his dream to hike from Mexico to British Columbia.
>
> Still, the 64-year-old retired Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems worker
raised
> at least $1,000 for the American Cancer Society in memory of his friend
and
> fellow hiker, Jack Pallett of Marquette. They met on the Appalachian Trail
> three years ago. Pallett died of pancreatic cancer at 59.
>
> Estrada stopped his most recent trek May 7 in the San Gabriel Mountains at
> Phelan, Calif.
>
> "I've never given up on anything in my life," Estrada said. "It really
made
> me feel so bad, especially because I was doing it for my buddy."
>
> Estrada started April 20 at Campo, Mexico.
>
> Along the way, he fought Mother Nature continually, including a bout with
> desert heat.
>
> "Very hot," he said. "I almost got heat stroke in one section. I had to
> throw myself under some brush."
>
> In another desert spot, he put on heavy clothing as he trudged through
> winter-like winds.
>
> "It was just blowing you away," Estrada said. "I had to put winter gear on
> to keep going. That surprised the heck out of me. I wasn't expecting that
at
> all."
>
> Cagey critters made it a necessity to walk cautiously, too.
>
> "I ran into a rattlesnake that I've never seen that big," he said. "It was
> like the (width) of a coke bottle" and three to four feet long.
>
> The former U.S. Army paratrooper has asbestosis, a progressive lung
disease,
> although he exercised and lifted weights to prepare for the journey.
>
> Estrada, who completed the 2,160-mile trek along the Appalachian Trail,
said
> he might try the Pacific Crest Trail again someday.
>
>
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