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Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Oct 13, 2012 - 11:41am PT

Way to go Tyler!

David D.

Trad climber

Monterey

Oct 13, 2012 - 12:29pm PT

It's nice to have one of these events have a happy ending. Best wishes for a full recovery!

happiegrrrl

Trad climber

www.climbaddictdesigns.com

Oct 13, 2012 - 01:19pm PT

So glad to see Jessica was found and has been strong through not only her time injured and alone, but also during her operation. Stay strong, Jessica, and best wishes for an amazing life ahead for you.

Jingy

climber

Somewhere out there

Oct 13, 2012 - 01:26pm PT

but if you wish to help out more you can donate to tyler@jcdstudios.net on Paypal. We've had donations as small as $10 and as large as $100.

-Tyler,

I have been following this thread since day one and I am glad to hear that there will be a good recovery to end this story.
Your request to help in the matter of medical costs is heard. Consider it done.
Hoping to put a little less worry on the minds of the family.

Cheers

10b4me

Ice climber

dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel

Oct 13, 2012 - 04:46pm PT

Tyler, that is great news.
I will contribute as well.

Stephen McCabe

Trad climber

near Santa Cruz, CA

Oct 29, 2012 - 04:53am PT

more details in the paper:

http://www.modbee.com/2012/10/28/2431299/back-from-the-brink-yosemite-worker.html

10b4me

Ice climber

dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel

Oct 29, 2012 - 12:34pm PT

Quite an ordeal. I hope she comes back stronger than ever; and I hope she gets her job back

Jessica Garcia

Mountain climber

Yosemite, Ca

Oct 11, 2013 - 09:36am PT

Hello, everyone. This Jessica R. Garcia. It has been a year since my accident. I was scrolling through the page on facebook and I saw this website and I thought to stop by and say hi.

I would like to say thank you for everyone's support on this forum, my cousin Tyler for dealing with the media, to any one who made donations for my recovery, and a special thank you to all the volunteers on my search and rescue.

As an update, I am currently working and living year-a-round in Yosemite Valley. I am still hiking and exploring the backcountry of Yosemite Park. I am also a volunteer for YOSAR (Yosemite Search and Rescue). I am involved in their preventive program until I finish their required training courses to participate in their actually search and rescues.

There will be another update on Abc30 News in November. Its just a clip of everything I just explain in a bit more detail.

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. And once again, thank you for your support.

-Jess

justthemaid

climber

Jim Henson's Basement

Oct 11, 2013 - 09:54am PT

Hey Jess- nice to see your post.

I was actually thinking about you when we were up there for Yosemite Facelift this year. I sort of lost track of this thread and couldn't remember if they found you. I was a bit relieved to see your missing-person's poster on the bathroom with the words "found alive" scrawled across it.

Good luck with your recovery. Very encouraging that you are up on your feet!

10b4me

Ice climber

Bishop/Flagstaff

Oct 11, 2013 - 10:00am PT

That's great news.

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Oct 11, 2013 - 10:55am PT

hey there say, jessica! wow, i had just sent you a card, to that other address you gave me--but it was not yosemite...

did you get it? or not yet?

wow, so very HAPPY, you are doing so many wonderful things!!!!

god bless and keep growing, like a lovely rose in the world,
we NEED more of these 'sweet smelling plants' along the 'road of hard rocks and hard knocks' :)

:) thank you for writing, :)

climbski2

Mountain climber

Anchorage AK, Reno NV

Oct 11, 2013 - 11:03am PT

Jessica thanks for posting here.

This forum gets many search alerts for lost hikers/climbers. Every one of them tugs at our hearts. In each case we desperately want a good outcome. Many of us I am sure feel a bit helpless if not in the area of search or able to directly help.

Each lost report comes with a deep longing for an outcome such as yours. Even after you were found but injured we hoped you would still want and be able to pursue your Yosemite dreams. Sadly our hopes are not always realized.

and so it was just a fantastic joyful moment when we heard you were found alive. Now even more of our hopes have been realized in finding you successfully pursuing such a great dream of living and working in Yosemite. Serving others who may find themselves in your situation is pretty awesome too. You are indeed a tough gal!

Thanks

Big Mike

Trad climber

Oct 11, 2013 - 12:09pm PT

Wow Jessica. So glad you're doing ok. Those are tough injuries to come back from. I know as i burst l2 seven months ago and i'm still working on my recovery. Good luck to you and glad to hear you are still enjoying life in the great outdoors.

Mike