I'm sorry to hear that but surely they should know what happened by now. I 
hate it when details are given before they really know what it really was.


--RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION, BUT SIN IS A DISGRACE TO ANY PEOPLE.

Proverbs 14:34

Donna Miller

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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:00 PM
Subject: Followup on our doctor


> My sister saw a couple of reports on the TV local news and Sandy has heard
> more.  Apparently now, according to the coroner, our family doctors 
> somehow
> died from a fall.  He was attempting to achieve one of these 14,000 foot
> trails which I believe I have mentioned.  Colorado has 57 trails that pass
> over the 14,000 foot mark, if I didn't mention it, and many hikers try and
> rack up all 57 trails.  One of my nephews is working at it and he about 
> has
> them all done and he is 30 years old or so.  Anyhow, apparently, our 
> doctor
> fell but no details have been given.  These trails, by the way, aren't 
> your
> garden variety forest trails.  The are often filled with big rocks and 
> tree
> limbs and they often are almost to the point of having to climb.  So it
> sounds now like he may have lost his footing, fell, and cracked his head 
> or
> something.  My sister said the reported it was lightning on the news the
> first time and the next day, they reported he had a heart attack.  Now it
> has changed again but I would think the coroner certainly would know if
> anybody did and he said his death was caused from a fall.  So, we may 
> never
> know exactly.  You would be amazed how many people hike these mountain
> trails alone.  I was always taught, have I said this, never to go swimming
> alone even in a public pool.  so why do people hike alone like my nephew.
> You know how many mountain lion attacks we have had in the last two or 
> three
> years out here and many of those were at the foothills level, too.  We 
> have
> an idiot guy who, a couple of years ago, when rock climbing alone all the
> time.  He got stuck when a bolder rolled as he climbed passed it and 
> rolled
> on to his arm.  He hung there for hours, I think it was two days, and
> finally, he fished is knife out of his pocket and literally sawed his arm
> off.  He now goes around as a public speaker to schools.  Give me a break.
> Before that, a man was hiking alone and the same thing happened to him. 
> The
> bolder rolled and pinned him to the ground on his leg.  He did the same
> thing after a couple of days and sawed his leg off and crawled till he was
> found.  He isn't a public motivational speaker, though, like the one armed
> man.  Of course, in our doctor's case, if he fell, there may not have been
> anything a hiking partner could have done if it was an instant death
> situation but we just don't know the details yet and as I said, we may 
> never
> here.  His partner was interviewed on TV and talked about how difficult it
> was for the office help and the patients they were having to tell.  By the
> way, my sister, the mom of my nephew who hikes these same trails, went 
> with
> her son once.  My sister goes to the gym, walks and runs, exercises at 
> home,
> lifts weights, rides bikes, and she is probably in better physical 
> condition
> than any of us in our families.  She said she almost died trying to make 
> it
> over one of these 14,000 foot trails.  My nephew actually did three 14,000
> footers in one hiking day once.  All alone, of course.  Not wise.
>
> Phil.
>
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