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LOST: backpack near Cirque Peak on 6/8/13
#31785 06/12/13 01:31 PM
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My friend and I were hiking near Cirque Peak on 6/8/13. He dropped his blue pack about halfway up the ridge to Cirque on a boulder intending to pick it on the way down. Coming down, we could not find it, even after an hour of searching.

If anyone finds the pack, please contact Rich at mratwaldenwest@verizon.net

Below is a picture of the pack and a Google Earth shot and GPS coordinates where it was lost.

Thanks in advance!






Re: LOST: backpack near Cirque Peak on 6/8/13
tekewin #31791 06/12/13 09:48 PM
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Have you posted this message at the Whitney Portal Message Board?They have a large, diverse readership.

http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/cfrm


The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.
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Just posted on the other board. Thanks.

Re: LOST: backpack near Cirque Peak on 6/8/13
tekewin #31849 06/15/13 07:43 AM
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Wait: you went up the right-hand section of this track and came down on the left? Looking for the pack well off of the ascent track? I guess the light was better over there later in the day.

When you say "half way up the ridge, do you mean ON the ridge half way up that section of your route, or half-way up TO the ridge?

Either way, it seems that the pack is somewhere on the right hand section of the loop, and not in the area you have marked.

Maybe you could clarify this by marking your direction of travel, ascent, descent, turn-around point, etc.



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Re: LOST: backpack near Cirque Peak on 6/8/13
tekewin #31856 06/15/13 11:18 AM
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I'll be up there next weekend and will keep an eye out (and mention it to the rest of the group I'll be with.) Hopefully someone finds it before then!!

Re: LOST: backpack near Cirque Peak on 6/8/13
saltydog #31860 06/15/13 06:34 PM
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tekewin, answering saltydog's questions would be helpful.

Also, if you could overlay the gps track on an actual topo map, it would help, too.

Last edited by Steve C; 06/16/13 12:32 PM.

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