When I heard Thelma was planning to hike the West Coast Trail with her brother, I didnt realize how much preparation and personal risk is involved until I visited their website. Although the trail has enormous trees and endless jaw dropping views, it is tough, very tough and requires a great deal of perseverance. You are required to cross deep gullies on fallen trees, negotiate very steep slopes and follow an irregular, slippery trail. At various parts of the trails you will be wading through rivers, negotiating steep slopes, climbing ladders and using cable cars. It is common for structures on the trail to be unexpectedly damaged by storms and other natural phenomenon. Likewise, the climate of this temperate rainforest can change quickly and dramatically This is a wilderness area and it may be many hours before help can be obtained should an accident occur.
Did she and her brother carefully evaluate their individual skills before agreeing to do the 75 km hike? Eighty to one hundred hikers are seriously injured and evacuated from the West Coast Trail every season. Approximately 200 hikers per year sustain minor injuries and manage to limp off the trail.
Did Thelma have a change of heart about going but she didnt say anything because she didnt want to lose face with her friends and family? Although the maximum group size is 10, only Thelma and her brother decided to go.
Thelma disappeared just weeks before she was to leave for BC and meet her older brother, who is probably close to sixty years of age. Reservations, which are optional but highly recommended, can be made 90 days ahead of the day you plan to start your hike and must include two alternative dates. The fee is non-refundable and gives each hiker a guaranteed start date, a weather proof map of the trail, and a hike preparation guide. Before you leave for the trail, you are told to write a trip plan and leave it with a responsible person which details where you are going, with whom, when you plan to return, and what to do if you do not return as planned. All hikers must study the Hiker Preparation Guide, the WCT Map and Tide Tables, attend an orientation session, purchase a park permit, study and know the rules, and much more.
Thelma and her brother would have to discuss many aspects of this expedition in great detail and because she was so busy, I wonder if they had accomplished everything they had to do?
jmo
http://www.westcoasttrailbc.com/trail_guidebook_map.htm
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/activ/activ6a/ii.aspx
On the actual business franchise shop page, on the government business pages, on the better business bureau's page, and every other place on the internet except their FB page, it shows Krull as still the owner.
Well that's a bit freaky. Who on earth robs a sandwich shop? What on earth would they steal?
Some cold cuts? No. They'd need to keep them cold.
Some cases of Pepsi?
My hinky meter hasn't gone off until now.
I'm not clear about the business. They owned Mr. Sub ... a franchise, or the company? And what's R & T Associates? Is that the name of their corporation that owns Mr. Sub? It's odd to have this level of structure for a restaurant, is it not? I'm sure that I'm missing something.
Might be worth taking to drive a seeing beautiful EK/NK. It will also help you picture the locations of this case.
No thanks. I avoid that area as much as possible due to the traffic.
The area East of Henderson from the Disraeli bridge to Mcleod is sketchy.
Anyway....
Who knows how many people TK told about her walks and her training for the hike in B.C
Did she talk to people on a Facebook page about it? Did she talk in online forums? Did she tell people at work? In her travels did she tell people?
Maybe somebody took note and saw it as an opportunity. I think most of us will agree that this wasn't a robbery.
The area East of Henderson from the Disraeli bridge to Mcleod is sketchy.
Anyway....
Who knows how many people TK told about her walks and her training for the hike in B.C
Did she talk to people on a Facebook page about it? Did she talk in online forums? Did she tell people at work? In her travels did she tell people?
Maybe somebody took note and saw it as an opportunity. I think most of us will agree that this wasn't a robbery.
Didn't her family say she always took different routes during her walks? No one would know where she would be walking that day and when, and why would they want to abduct and hurt Thelma?
I don’t think Thelma was robbed either. Not only because she lived in a high class neighborhood, but because most robbers only want your money and if you cooperate with them, you won't get hurt.
When Mr. Sub was robbed in May of this year, he/she only wanted the cash, and when the clerk gave it to them, no one was hurt and the robber fled. Most joggers or walkers don’t carry cash on them.
Nowadays most small businesses that sell food to the public, have a surveillance camera and I’ve seen signs on the premises that say only a small amount of cash is kept on the premises. Hopefully the new owner of Mr. Sub has done this to prevent this from happening again.
Was Thelma's FB page removed? I only see the missing FB page and the uncensored one.
People rob all kinds of places. Look at the Sargent Sundae armed robbery. 9:30 p.m. on a nice night. Full of customers.They would want whatever is in the register.
It is. Fraser's Grove is off the west side of Henderson. Fraser's Grove is made up of some very luxury houses along the riverbank within 5 minute walk of Mr Sub. Do you live in Winnipeg as you don't seem to know the city well.
Anyone who has ever been in the strip mall where Mr Sub is located would never call it anything but middle class suburbia.
I grew up within walking distance of that shop and it is very much Mennonite dominated suburbia. Like I say as you walk south towards Elmwood past perhaps Kimberly it can start being called working class.
And it's possible that they do still own it. I thought I heard somewhere in the local media that they were the previous owners of the shop. I could be mistaken.
From Wikipedia - this describes the area that both Mr Sub shop and Thelma's home resides in. From the shop to her house it would be a good 20-30 minute walk down Mcleod/Grassie.
East Kildonan is a primarily residential community in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located in the northeast part of the city. Commonly known by its initials "E. K. ", the neighbourhood has a population of approximately 26,278 (2011 Census).
East Kildonan is bounded by the Red River on the west, the lane between Harbison and Larsen Avenues on the south, Panet Road, 100 metres (330 ft) north of Blantyre Avenue, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Marconi tracks (removed in 2006) on the east, and Oakland Avenue on the north. East Kildonan is made up of the neighbourhoods of Munroe, Morse Place, Rossmere, and Fraser's Grove.
It is mainly a working and middle class community, though there are poorer pockets south of Munroe Avenue and more affluent areas along the Red River and west of Henderson Highway, East Kildonan's major thoroughfare. There is a small industrial area located between Watt Street and the CPR tracks
I wouldn't stop there for a sub after dark! The Redwood bridge is a few blocks south... talbot on the other side of Henderson are not what I would consider to be middle class bungalows.
The area where thelma lived was middle class but that is a considerable distance from where the Mr. sub is.