I thought it might be nice to shake off the fevered speculation and heated arguments and create a post in honor of Ronald "Stronghold" Sanchez, the hiker killed in last Saturday's incident.

If you knew him, feel free to share some memories.

If you didn't, you might learn a little bit about him (link below includes details of the last few years of his life) and write a tribute or describe how his life and death have affected you.

I'm hoping that posting this thread in the Straight Forward forum will keep it positive, compassionate, and focused on one of the victims and not Jordan.

Information about Sanchez is here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/us/ap...tim/index.html

The Trek posted this article today with a photo of Sanchez: https://thetrek.co/appalachian-trail...ck/?ref=slider