TNhiker - someone said something about stream crossing or a fall - was she in the water? Or was she just near the creek?
I'm reminded (for any of you trail runners) of Caballo Blanco and how he went for a run and his heart stopped. He was doing what he loved also, which for me I wouldn't view that as a bad way to go, although Jenny was taken from this earth too soon - I would bet if she knew it was her time she would choose to have one more hike.
that's what we reported and thats what i have said on this forum----that she was found near a creek.........
i stress the word "near" as they havent released any other details about that (as in, if she was in water or what not).......
and ive said it was my guess----and just a guess-----that she slipped and fell.........
until the autopsy comes out, i dont think i will have any more details.......
however, if i do, i will pass along.........
Are there corral snakes in that part of the Park or anywhere in the Smokies?
No it's too cold for Coral snakes in the Tennessee mountains.
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and besides snake handling preachers-----i dont think we've had a snake bite death here in years......maybe decades......
and to be honest----while it does happen in the Park----snake bites are very rare....
there was one about a month ago in the tremont area and while i never heard details, i have a feeling the girl who was bit tried to pick the snake up...
dont quote me on that...
also, if someone is bit----survival is fairly easy...
mainly the only people who die of snake bites in tennessee are snake handling preachers (i think we've had 3 die in the last decade) who are bitten and then dont go to the hospital because they think they will be cure by whatever........
and they arent----they usually die......
Back in May 24 2012 I was pulling a 22 day BMT backpacking trip and was going south from Moss Gap and Sandy Gap and passed thru Tate Gap and beyond to Cantrell Top when I ran into Jenny and posted this in my trail journal---
ENDLESS STREAMS AND FOREST
"A woman dayhiker passed me 20 minutes ago and she's pulling a dayhike from Unicoi Gap to Cantrell Top and back and will write a wilderness report on her blog called Endless Streams And Forest, something I'll have to look up when I get back. I said to her, "As soon as I find a level spot I'm camping!" and I meant it. I'm carrying water from Tate Gap but it's wasted effort as I passed 2 springs before Peels Gap and there's probably another right ahead on the ridge top. Let's eat some sorrel and keep moving."
And she wrote this in her blog---
"After stopping for a rest and something to eat, I turned to retrace my steps. Below Cantrell Top I encountered a backpacker who said he was doing a 22-day trip ending at Little Frog Mountain Wilderness (but he was not doing the whole MacKaye Trail). He cheerfully carried a gigantic pack that looked as though it weighed at least 50 pounds. I have the impression that you carry more food with you than on a comparable trip on the AT because of the lack of resupply points."
Never got a pic of her though.
See---
https://streamsandforests.wordpress....brown-highway/
Was there any more news as to what might have happened on Jenny's last hike?
Not as of yet...
i was supposed to meet up with a PIO today for work but it fell through..
I may call tomorrow
Any updates on this?
The autopsy report showed a high level of diphenhydramine. She must have had allergies and and was over medicating. Hypothermia was also given as the cause of death.
http://www.local8now.com/news/local/...323446701.html
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I didn't see the post by Tnhiker. This can be deleted if need be.
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