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panajeff
Mountain climber
CA
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John is home!!!! Hungry tired and late, but home. Thanks for all of the prayers and efforts everybody!
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Great news! I hope he shares his story..
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Oh, that's wonderful! I was hoping he'd just hurt himself and was safe in a tent somewhere.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Absolutely WONDERFUL news!!!!
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nature
climber
back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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TR TR TR TR TFPU!!!!!
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
Back in the Gunks for the winter
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Thats great!!! I have been watching this thread, hoping and praying! Awesome to see a good end to this yet-to-be-told story!
Steve
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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finally the right ending
what will this do to the stock market?
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Mark Rodell
Trad climber
Bangkok
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From Thailand, a shout of oh yeah!
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Sweet!
Glad you're safe. Tell us a story.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Wow. This is great news! I feared it wouldn't end well. Awesome and welcome home John!
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Brad Farlinger
Social climber
Three Rivers, CA
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Last night John Williams hiked out of the backcountry. Thank you to all of the people who called with information, searched the areas, or help out in any other way.
Brad Farlinger
National Park Service
Investigatior for Windy SAR
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Hilt
Social climber
Utah
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Great news!!! We would love to hear the story since it must be a good one to have such an experienced hiker "late."
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Glad to hear you made it back out John. You must have lost a few pounds.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Excellent news! TR!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Boy, he better come clean or there's gonna be a digital beat-down!
He musta had an extra baggie to last another week, eh?
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Am relieved to read the good news! I don't know John, but thank SARS and everyone who helped spread the word. Great ending!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Lately I'm more aware of the dangers SaR faces, having only been put in that position because thier victims do outrageous, dumb or irresponsible things. Look at all the waste of time and potential risk of life in this case, for not better communicating his plans/ whereabouts etc.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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When are we gonna get the dirt? Someone should check his credit card history.
I think he was on a bender in Bridgeport.
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Dr. John
climber
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Oct 14, 2011 - 03:42am PT
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Hi everyone.
I'm John, the once missing hiker. I want to thank everyone for their concern and especially the people who put in their time and effort searching for me or doing what they could to increase the chances that I'd be found.
I just googled my name and the word "hiker" out of curiosity about what I'd find on the web. This site appeared at the top. I read the thread and signed up, so that I could respond.
I understand people would like a trip report, and I'm happy to provide one. Right now, though, it's after midnight and I need to get some sleep.
I'll have to return with that report--tomorrow, if I can.
Just a few minor corrections for now: I wasn't having any physical or health problems. I was and am fit. I had plantar fasciitis for about a year as a result of running too aggressively up to Paiute Pass and back down, but that, thankfully, is now history. (I missed backpacking last year because of this injury.)
Because of an unexpected car problem, I started my trip a day late and thus expected to complete the trip on Sept. 25, with an emergency date of noon, Sept. 27. I walked out at North Lake on the evening of Oct. 1, 4 days after my emergency date and, as it happens, 2 days before a big storm hit the Sierra Nevada.
I was never in any trouble, but the outside world had no way of knowing that I had simply underestimated the difficulty of the terrain and how long it would take me to cover it. The terrain was challenging and incredibly beautiful. I had a great trip, except for running low on food and knowing that I was past my emergency date.
More later.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 14, 2011 - 03:55am PT
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hey there say, nice to hear the good news....
:)
*still think a partner system is good though... :)
thank the good lord, the storm held back...
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