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[pct-l] Slightly tongue-in-cheek, some lesser hazards.
- Subject: [pct-l] Slightly tongue-in-cheek, some lesser hazards.
- From: elee at microsoft.com (Eric Lee (GAMES))
- Date: Wed Jan 25 20:41:34 2006
Corky wrote:
>
However, a few hazards were left off. Trees. They fall. No one
seems to have bothered to warn us about that. Trees are very common
along some stretches of the PCT. I'm not worried about the ones in
the daytime, they go rather slowly and with some warning. But at
night. And branches. The dead ones are "crack and hit" before you
can even think of the 23rd Psalm. Widow-makers those are called. I
do feel a bit safer because I'm not married anymore, but I'm not sure
if they are aware of that.
>
That's totally true. I don't have any official stats at hand, but just
based on my (possibly faulty) memory of the news I'd guess that here in
Washington, more people have been killed by falling trees/branches while
hiking than by all types of animals combined.
In fact, a 5 year old girl was killed here just couple weeks ago. She
and her family were out for a quick day-hike when a windstorm blew in.
A large branch fell and crushed her.
A couple of years ago a hiker was killed by a falling tree during high
wind on a trail that I often hike. That made it a bit more personal.
Eric