I used to see about one death a year at Mount Rogers and an injury or death every two years or so at Rock Castle Gorge where the trail head was at an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. At Mt. Rogers, people could drive to 4,000 feet and then walk up through a spruce and fir forest to the highest elevation in Virginia which had freezing weather every month of the year.
And in your state, a guy in a wheelchair has been doing the Pacific Coast Trail or trying to get up Mt. Whitney. I'd have to dig up my copy of Backpacker to remember all the details.
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We needed one at Rock Castle Gorge saying "not high heel accessible"
Date: 2007-03-13 12:49 pm (UTC)And in your state, a guy in a wheelchair has been doing the Pacific Coast Trail or trying to get up Mt. Whitney. I'd have to dig up my copy of Backpacker to remember all the details.