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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 27, 2015 - 11:05am PT
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"... The 20-year-old man, whose identity has not yet been released, fell 60 feet to his death from California’s popular Sunset Cliffs at about 5 p.m. on Friday, Fox 5 reports. He appeared to be staring into either a cell phone or a camera while walking around before the fatal fall, the news outlet said..."
http://time.com/4161758/man-device-san-diego-cliff/
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 27, 2015 - 11:21am PT
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This has become such a problem in Russia that the gubmint has a public
awareness campaign on something along the lines of
"Darwin Lives But You May Not!"
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Dec 27, 2015 - 12:11pm PT
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It's amazing how carelessly I see people wandering round with their heads down, oblivious to the world around them. I almost run into to people all the time at work who aren't watching where their going, or who's coming at them.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 27, 2015 - 12:33pm PT
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It's amazing how carelessly I see people wandering round with their heads down, oblivious to the world around them.
No kidding.
In the summer, I often take the long way home from work on my bike. It's a great ride, but the one drawback is the first mile, on a street that's fully gridlocked at that time of day.
So I ride on the sidewalk (legal in Seattle), but it's still slow, because half the people walking have their heads down and their eyes glued to their phones.
A couple of times when I've seen one of these phone zombies approaching, I've tried an experiment: I stop my bike, and stand there, waiting to see how close the zombie will get before it notices that it's about to walk into a stationary object.
Usually, they'd just keep walking right into the front wheel if I didn't speak up.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 27, 2015 - 01:03pm PT
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I know Sunset cliffs well- This is the first I've heard of a death by cell phone, however; many stoners and drunks around my age have fallen off those cliffs, which I guess could be an indictment of my generation, if your into generalizations.
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Dec 27, 2015 - 01:13pm PT
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In some places it must be a law - all pedestrians 35 or under are required to be staring at an electronic device.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Dec 27, 2015 - 01:18pm PT
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I'm waiting for the first creative lawyer to come up with a way to sue Apple or Samsung for creating an "attractive nuisance" that contributes to the negligent deaths of these boneheads.
(Disclaimer - no irony is implied or intended in the above statement)
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Dec 27, 2015 - 05:28pm PT
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Let's hope TGT doesn't see this thread ...
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