Posted on 03/22/2024 10:44:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Missing hiker Caroline Meister, 30, has been found dead, authorities confirmed Friday afternoon. Meister’s body was found by a search and rescue crew at the bottom of a waterfall in a steep ravine on Friday morning at about 10:45 a.m. Foul play is not suspected. The coroner has yet to confirm the cause of death, but the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said her injuries were consistent with a fall from height.
Meister had been missing after embarking on a hike from the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center since Monday, March 18. Meister had lived and worked at the Zen center on a remote road in Carmel Valley for about 18 months, authorities said.
“We are all deeply saddened and in shock. The sanghas at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center are gathering to support each other in the wake of this distressing news,” the San Francisco Zen Center said in an emailed statement.
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Have you ever read ‘Desert Solitaire’ by Edward Abbey? It’s about the West Southwest and it’s magnificent beauty.
There are many cell phone apps that have “tools” on them. I have a compass and a bubble level on mine, and I do use them from time to time.
I suppose anyone can trip and fall anytime but I’d be surprised if she didn’t die going for an awesome selfie. RIP.
Try that around here where there’s lots of remote places with no cell coverage. Searches used to be quite uncommon until the smart phone era. Now it’s at least one or more every weekend. Or maybe people are just getting dumber.
People are getting dumber.
A compass would have saved me a lot of trouble, so I’ve learned my lesson on that. In retrospect, if I had a compass and taken my bearings before I tried that, I don’t think I would have run into trouble.
A good lesson learned.
Yes, a very good lesson.
***No compass?***
I used a compass when I went to the Museum of Art in NYC. Some people laughed but that place was a labyrinth. Even Charles Addams, in one of his cartoons showed a Minotaur in one of the halls.
I got lost in a 40 acre patch of woods once while deer hunting. The wife’s family acreage in the Ozarks. Finally climbed a tree and saw a telephone pole. I then knew where in that 40 acres I was.
Its not the fall that kills you, its that sudden stop at the bottom.
Which reminds me of....
It isn’t the cough that carries you off, its the coffin they carry you off in.
-PJ
Sony still makes the MP3 Walkman (and many other companies still make stand-alone MP3 players).
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-NWE394-Walkman-Player-Black/dp/B01CCESM8I/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2QMA6ABAWTRIK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jlCYz2zZ0FWAIV77TsBe6q_KBWQNTCGW14xqAxo47LWVSwiVBjnxxc7TxJl3clr02-2D-IYrwsg3__BEVejsqCU-ltBtEkTcaO4RbdmenFyiAQqFald8_dqdCbWrlXqI_ZKJzy-XiJJodiRiVKMbk8SJpi7Jk2zbFgd2LRYUjEsTRVFNHD4_PENYjPulWi244Pepp0x3jvMwyfPzkzStmxIPkvqY4dFr3i9eewqHOwk.7uG6vX45Tjlxyv35WWi8sDkiYbvtEpgJaXtebbElUSQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=walkman+mp3+player&qid=1711214254&sprefix=walkman+m%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-3
Check her camera for selfies...especially one of her just before she impacts the ground.
There is no greater self love than that a person would lay down his life for the sake of a good selfie. Now that I got that off my chest this is indeed sad.
People… DON’T TAKE DANGEROUS SELFIES. It;s idiotic,
Oh god! I never thought of that! Yes. There are a lot of horrible people out there. Those deaths by being pushed in front of subway trains in NYC.
Might I suggest a suitable compass and a laminated topo map of your area as a backup? Then no matter if the phone hardware fails (or is dropped/lost) or the power fails, you have a way to plot your course in a time of need. Because Murphy’s Law states that a phone failure/loss or power failure will occur at the most inopportune time. I’d make the same suggestion to anyone relying on a dedicated GPS unit, too.
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