Hiker "Unresponsive" near James River
Looks like a tragic story is developing. If anyone has updates, please post.
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/loca...7a43b2370.html
Just saw that .... hoping for the best!
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Last edited by HikerMom58; 04-21-2014 at 13:06.
Looks like they've "removed the body". Still don't know who or anything else about the circumstances.
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No. Just now hearing about this. Sad.Originally Posted by HikerMom58
From this article, it sounds like the hiker was found dead, in the shelter, of what appeared to be natural causes:
http://www.wset.com/story/25298807/b...hiking-shelter
you left to walk the appalachian trail
you can feel your heart as smooth as a snail
the mountains your darlings
but better to love than have something to scale
-Girlyman, "Hold It All At Bay"
I know DH... sad! Someone passed away from natural causes, in 2010, at the Cornelius Creek Shelter.
If someone passed at Matt's Creek Shelter, I'm hoping that it's the same situation. Nothing more.
I've told my kids that if this should happen to me, not to feel bad about it. It's a pretty good way to die. On the trail, doing what you love!!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Grinder
AT hiker : It's the journey, not the destination
@Grinder - That's exactly how I feel. I do not want to languish in some nursing home and be a burden to folks. I want to do something crazy like try to climb Everest and go out with a bang.
you left to walk the appalachian trail
you can feel your heart as smooth as a snail
the mountains your darlings
but better to love than have something to scale
-Girlyman, "Hold It All At Bay"
I think I saw this guy a day and half ago at that shelter. He said he was under the weather. He said his brother in law had been eating and drinking from the same gear so he didn't think it was food or water related. Said he was dizzy. I asked if he needed anything but he said no.
We ran across a section hiker this weekend who aborted his thru attempt last year because he "almost died." He abandoned all his gear and hiked out 8 miles, got a motel room (he didn't realize how seriously ill he was), eventually called 911, and spent 6 days in the hospital recovering from an appendectomy. I'm glad he survived.
Sad about this hiker, though. Whatever the circumstances, it won't be easy for his family.
A quick excerpt from the most recent article:
The Bedford County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that hikers told deputies they had talked to the man late yesterday. The hikers told deputies the man said "he wasn't having a good day."
Maj. Ricky Gardner of the sheriff's office said in an email that it appears the hiker died of natural causes. He was traveling alone, Gardner wrote.
I wonder if it is the same guy that fsacb3 mentions. The news said this guy was traveling alone, but the guy fsacb3 mentions seemingly had a brother-in-law traveling with him at least up until a couple of days ago.
As sad as this is, this is the way I want to die-- on the trail, doing what I love. I may have the words "do not resuscitate tattooed across my chest (saw it on Doc Martin).
Lead me to the long green tunnel.
Oh? I wonder if it's the same person. Did he have a trail name?
Unfortunately this doesn't legally fill the requirements of a DNR.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.
It was a joke, hon.
Lead me to the long green tunnel.
I get that people would rather die doing something they love, but I don't get the alone thing. I want my loved ones to earn their share of my estate.
You should contact local law enforcement. The family certainly wishes for any details like this.
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Do we have a trail name yet?
LOL! I plan to spend as much as I can before I die; the rest goes to charity.
Lead me to the long green tunnel.
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