Sad End to a Lost Hiker with a connection to VFTT

[peakbagger]

http://cadescovelovers.blogspot.com/2015/06/missing-hiker-jenny-bennetts-car.html

The details are still coming out.

Jenny was a member of VFTT in the past as "Jenny B" before the site crashed and recently had asked me to sponsor her to rejoin as "Colenso". She was a hardcore off trail hiker in the Smokies and when I had hiked with her previously in the whites, she was a hard core bushwhacker even though when I knew her she objected to the term "bushwhacker". She had retired recently and was looking forward to moving up to Saint J Vermont this summer and her most recent posts were about bushwhacking.

I had done several major bushwhacks with her when she had lived up here previously and based on her plans I was expecting to go visit the Adams Slide with her at some point this summer.

A link to her blog https://streamsandforests.wordpress.com/

RIP

 

[dug]

Terribly sad. I remember the Jenny B name, but didn't make the connection to 'Colenso'. She had been posting a lot recently and appeared to be looking forward to coming back North.

RIP

 

[GBKDalton]

Oh dear, was this the hiker who was asking about tough bushwhacks in the Whites? I enjoyed reading that thread.

 

[peakbagger]

Yes she was the hiker, scanning the thread on whiteblaze it looks like she was on some of her last hikes before moving north.

 

[iAmKrzys]

Really sad story. Having seen a couple of Jenny's recent posts on VFTT I was looking forward to reading some fun trail stories. I took a look at her blog from the Smokies and I know I wouldn't have been disappointed.

 

[HAMTERO]

I was looking forward to meeting her

 

[wardsgirl]

Sad. She made such an impact on us in the short time she was on VFTT.

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/2015/06/08/hiker-missing-in-gsmnp/28678953/

 

[Raven]

That's terribly sad, especially as she was looking forward to coming back to hike in the north.

Does anyone know the cause of death? I did not see it in the article.

 

[Mike P.]

It is sad when we lose one of our own. What we love to do, does carry risks but it's still sad when it happens.

 

[kerry13]

Recent stories about Ms Cocuzzo and Ms Largay got me to wondering about Jenny Bennett. Here is a follow up to that story. http://bbbtv12.com/?p=4495

 

[Raven]

Recent stories about Ms Cocuzzo and Ms Largay got me to wondering about Jenny Bennett. Here is a follow up to that story. http://bbbtv12.com/?p=4495

Thanks for posting. That's a depressing end to a life, but at least there is some closure there, however little it may be to family.