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  • Riosacandaga
    Member
    • May 2005
    • 633

    #1

    Lost Hiker Wells area

    Heard there was an overdue hiker in the Wells area, presume the NLP trail. DEC was out in force and the state Huey was parked at the school. Anyone hear how they made out ?
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  • redhawk
    Senior Resident Curmudgeon
    • Jan 2004
    • 10929

    #2
    No

    But now I know why all the DEC and ranger trucks were parked by the Firehouse here. i thought maybe they were having a convention.

    Hawk
    "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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    • OpenSpace
      Trail Name "A-TEAM"
      • Apr 2008
      • 18

      #3
      I was hiking part on the NPT this weekend b/w Benson and Canary Pond (I parked right next to the lost hiker's car) and spoke with a few of the Rangers who were searching for him. The last Ranger I spoke with today (~1:30 PM) said that he was found near the Sacandaga River and that he had lost the trail and needed assistance getting out. About 20 minutes later, I saw the helicopter flying overhead presumably to airlift him out.
      Something like that.....

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      • Trapper

        #4
        Was this person found? I'm not clear from the posts here that the hiker was found and I didn't see it on the news.

        I'm a novice and I'm hoping to travel the NPT, especially in that vicinity, so I would be encouraged to hear that there is so much support for hikers there. Although noone plans on getting lost.

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        • redhawk
          Senior Resident Curmudgeon
          • Jan 2004
          • 10929

          #5
          There is plenty of support for hikers on the NPT and ijn the Adirondacks.

          As long as one follows certain guidelines to insure that if they are overdue, someone knows to search for them, and that they have posted an itinerary and do not deviate from it to make it easier to be found.

          My understanding is that the hiker was found.

          Hawk
          "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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          • Trapper

            #6
            I just called Johnson Outdoors about my compass that I have barely used in many years since I bought it and they will replace it for free because there is a bubble in it. I am reading up on finding my way in the wilderness, especially now that I read about a lost hiker on the NPT. I'm also not going out alone. A few friends who know their way are coming along.

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            • sp_nyp
              Mad Scientist
              • Sep 2006
              • 905

              #7
              one of my compasses got a bubble in it this year too... how does that happen?

              is there a way to get rid of the bubble - maybe by freezing or boiling the thing?

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              • redhawk
                Senior Resident Curmudgeon
                • Jan 2004
                • 10929

                #8
                The hiker was found camped by Rock lake Outlet.

                How anyone could get lost there is beyond me. All you have to do is follow the Outlet upstream to Rock lake and then the NPT. It requires not having a compass, map, GPS, sense of direction of a brain to get lost there.

                Sorry, I'm so critical but this is caused by lack of common sense and complete lack of any kind of navigational skills. So why would someone be out there alone, bushwhacking under those conditions?

                Hawk
                "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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                • Kevin
                  **BANNED**
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 5857

                  #9
                  Originally posted by sp_nyp
                  how does that happen?

                  is there a way to get rid of the bubble - maybe by freezing or boiling the thing?
                  I was told that changes in pressure (most commonly from fast altitude changes) can cause them.

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                  • Bill I.
                    Member
                    • Jun 2007
                    • 1587

                    #10
                    Originally posted by redhawk
                    The hiker was found camped by Rock lake Outlet.

                    How anyone could get lost there is beyond me. All you have to do is follow the Outlet upstream to Rock lake and then the NPT. It requires not having a compass, map, GPS, sense of direction of a brain to get lost there.

                    Sorry, I'm so critical but this is caused by lack of common sense and complete lack of any kind of navigational skills. So why would someone be out there alone, bushwhacking under those conditions?

                    Hawk
                    Sounds like a graduate of the David Boomhower School of Wilderness Navigation.

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                    • DRIFTER
                      .
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 897

                      #11
                      Originally posted by wildriver
                      Sounds like a graduate of the David Boomhower School of Wilderness Navigation.

                      Was that the person they found about 15 years ago with the wrong size boots and very close to his food stash, yet starved to death. If so, I read the lost posters on the way into the Plains at that time and heard what happened to him later......

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                      • Riosacandaga
                        Member
                        • May 2005
                        • 633

                        #12
                        Originally posted by wildriver
                        Sounds like a graduate of the David Boomhower School of Wilderness Navigation.
                        Closer than you imagine... he had been there for 6 days waiting for someone to come find him. He was "rescued" and flown out by helicopter. I don't know if he was physically incapable of walking, BUT whether he was or not, the collective is paying for his flight.
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                        • Hitched Hiker
                          Wander
                          • Feb 2006
                          • 88

                          #13
                          Originally posted by sp_nyp
                          one of my compasses got a bubble in it this year too... how does that happen?

                          is there a way to get rid of the bubble - maybe by freezing or boiling the thing?
                          there might also be a crack in the bezel somewhere of the compass. the mineral spirits leak out very slowly. You won't find the crack or see the spirits evaporating. This can happen from being tossed around in packs, dropped, happened in shipping, hitting little rickie in the head with your compass, etc etc.

                          Those folks at Johnson Outdoors sure are nice!
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                          • ken999
                            Member
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 957

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Riosacandaga
                            Closer than you imagine... he had been there for 6 days waiting for someone to come find him. He was "rescued" and flown out by helicopter. I don't know if he was physically incapable of walking, BUT whether he was or not, the collective is paying for his flight.

                            He had to get flown out of THERE??...lol...

                            See...they had to go and move the damn gate...probably could have made it out on his own if it weren't for the extra 1.4 miles...

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                            • chairrock
                              Indian Mt.Club
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 2714

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Hitched Hiker
                              , hitting little rickie in the head with your compass, etc etc.

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                              Hey Red! But did Lil Rickie like it? How have you been?
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