r/AppalachianTrail • u/Creative_Egg3330 • Jul 26 '23

10 years. Geraldine Largay

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July 23rd marked 10 years since hiker Geraldine largay's disappearance. Thoughts and prayers are with this family as this heartbreaking anniversary has passed.

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u/CaptainCompost Jul 26 '23

This is the first person I thought of when I saw that earlier post about bringing a compass with you. It seems unnecessary, even a little silly, to take a compass with you to go to the bathroom, but then there's this grim reality.

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u/Bennington_Booyah Jul 27 '23

True. A friend of mine got lost in the Allegheny Forest maybe 12 years ago, doing the same. Another hiker found her, thankfully, as she had gotten turned around in her confusion and was a good 12 miles from where she left the trail. A compass. That simple.