Overdue Hiker - Do You Have Any Info?
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Re: Overdue Hiker - Do You Have Any Info?
As long as the discussion is on Split, as Kathy W pointed out earlier, there is a small chance he might have bailed out down the class 2-3 ridge to the Red Lake drainage. I wonder if they have looked there at all?
I don't know how much snow was still on the ground on north aspects from the previous storm, but I imagine the north slope route on Split was still pretty dusted. I don't know if that would have discouraged Larry or not but it certainly would have made it more treacherous, The only signifacant injury (sprained ankle) I ever had in the mountains was a result of slipping on a snow dusted talus slope.
I don't know how much snow was still on the ground on north aspects from the previous storm, but I imagine the north slope route on Split was still pretty dusted. I don't know if that would have discouraged Larry or not but it certainly would have made it more treacherous, The only signifacant injury (sprained ankle) I ever had in the mountains was a result of slipping on a snow dusted talus slope.
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DP Hiker we are going up this coming week, PM me. Thanks
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
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I don't know if Claus is still checking in.. Did Larry have any prelim maps sitting around all marked up? I think we've talked about Split. what about Pinchot Pass area?
Still like to see the SEKI map marked up with where they searched.
Still like to see the SEKI map marked up with where they searched.
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Based on all the info in this thread, I really hope the Muro Blanco is being searched. That seems like a very likely spot.
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watch out for weather on wed/thursmaverick wrote:DP Hiker were going up this coming week, PM me. Thanks
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okay, thanks.SEKI Public Affairs wrote:On the subject of the map posted by Lost Coyote, these areas have been considered/covered.
i remember seeing that an air search was made down muro blanco on wed. that may have been before larry could have made it down there as an out (had he decided to go out that way)
has a foot search been made down there? (all the way to paradise from bench) or a second air search?
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Russ wrote:
This is the area he mentioned to me, never a word about Split. He only had 4 days. I think his primary target was the Pinchot pass area. There is another large nameless lake to the east of Mt. Pinchot. That's the kind of stuff Larry likes. Certainly not easily reached from the northern side of Pinchot pass, but doable?I think we've talked about Split. what about Pinchot Pass area?
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Had brought that lake as the lakes east of Marjorie to SAR attention back on Thur.Freestone wrote:
I think his primary target was the Pinchot pass area. There is another large nameless
lake to the east of Mt. Pinchot. That's the kind of stuff Larry likes. Certainly not easily
reached from the northern side of Pinchot pass, but doable.
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
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Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
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Re: Overdue Hiker - Do You Have Any Info?
So this area:
Feel free to grab and modify what you might do on the map. I'd put him the first day at 11483 if it was me. Assuming Lake Marjorie has been searched. If one doesn't fish, not sure why one would drop to 12139.
Feel free to grab and modify what you might do on the map. I'd put him the first day at 11483 if it was me. Assuming Lake Marjorie has been searched. If one doesn't fish, not sure why one would drop to 12139.
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Re: Overdue Hiker - Do You Have Any Info?
that would be this one... but as maverick stated, it was already brought up as a place to look.freestone wrote:There is another large nameless lake to the east of Mt. Pinchot. That's the kind of stuff Larry likes. Certainly not easily reached from the northern side of Pinchot pass, but doable?
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