Just a story that once again man is never a match against mother nature. Chances are he never even knew a storm was coming, or if he did he didnt think much of it or sicne he was an old timer didnt trust weather forecasters. It does appear he wasnt geared up with all of what he should have been, espeically if he was doing the crest trail not just Mt San Jacinto. I remember that storm, it dropped several feet of snow up in the high country, something that someone who is not from socal and isnt familiar with what weather is capbale of doing above the valley floor would probably get caught bu suprise in. All seems rather logical to me.
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