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  1. 01-17-2010, 10:20 #1
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    Default Lost hikers found off the Appalachian Trail - Poughkeepsie Journal


    Lost hikers found off the Appalachian Trail
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    BEEKMAN â?? Two hikers from Connecticut, lost on the Appalachian Trail, were found uninjured in the Town of Beekman Saturday. The Dutchess County Sheriff's ...



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    The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said deputies, along with members of the Beekman and Union Vale fire departments, responded to a report of a 17-year-old Gaylordsville, Conn., woman and a 20-year-old New Milford, Conn., man who were hiking the trail as night approached and wound up on the wrong trail.

    They called Dutchess County 911 on a cell phone and were able to give limited information as to where they were.
    They probably read somewhere the Appalachian Trail is so well marked hikers don't need maps.
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    Lost in Dutchess County????
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    Quote Originally Posted by emerald View Post
    They probably read somewhere the Appalachian Trail is so well marked hikers don't need maps.
    hehehehehehe......... Who was it that sid the AT is "over marked"?
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    I guarantee that maps wouldn't have helped these two.
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    hiking the trail as night approached
    no headlamps? no led? small reflector "blazes" anyone?

    Although I do not think in this instance anything would have helped, except "rescue".
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    Send them a bill for the rescue
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spokes View Post
    hehehehehehe......... Who was it that sid the AT is "over marked"?
    me. and it is over-blazed
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kerosene View Post
    I guarantee that maps wouldn't have helped these two.
    If that's so and I doubt it, next time they go hiking, they should stay home. They knew enough to get themselves into that situation; they could learn how to get themselves out of it too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kerosene View Post
    I guarantee that maps wouldn't have helped these two.
    Exactly. A map is only as good as the person reading it.
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    The dumbass's were going in circles around Nuclear Lake most likely or were on the Upland Loop. The key word in that was Loop.
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    I agree with walkingstick send them the bill and lets all make fun of them. LOL

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