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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:29am PT
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Just have Mickey and Minnie stand at the railing and wave their little gloved hands at people who get too close.
"tee hee hee...look out there Mister Tourist... giggle giggle...you don't want to fall in and get all wet... hee hee"
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:30am PT
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Tami speaks wisely here....
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:36am PT
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I'm with klk on this. I don't even know what to say.....kind of explains a few thing though. I guess the the 99.9% of people who didn't climb the rail and die were just lucky.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:37am PT
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And how about a coyote petting zoo for infants in strollers?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:38am PT
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There was a long article in the Toronto Globe & Mail last weekend about drownings in Canada. The number has slowly been decreasing over the last twenty years. A disproportionate number are what we call new Canadians.
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jstan
climber
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:41am PT
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It is fascinating how quickly people from other lands adopt certain parts of US culture but not others.
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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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Jul 28, 2011 - 11:22am PT
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They blame the Park Service for their son's foolish bravado:
"They want people to realize that their children weren't wild risk-takers who climbed a fence to get somewhere they clearly weren't supposed to be.
"Ask anybody," said Shamiran David. "My son is a gentleman. All of those kids were mature and well-behaved. They wouldn't do silly things to risk their lives."
edit - updated link:
complete story: http://www.modbee.com/2011/07/26/1791716/families-makerepeated-journeysto.html#ixzz1TPliRh6B
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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Jul 28, 2011 - 11:29am PT
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You can't change history or events, they climbed over, plain and simple.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
-A community of hairless apes
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Jul 28, 2011 - 11:31am PT
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Kiryakous says...
"I'm not content with that skimpy little rail,"
Oh, boy.
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When I run the Vernal Falls trail (as soon as my calf pull is healed) I won't be surprised to see a chain link fence securing the lip. Maybe some razor wire, too, topping the existing rails.
Besides, it will mean JOBS for somebody. A win-win. Yay!
God Bless Uhmerica.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Jul 28, 2011 - 11:49am PT
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Agree Kerwin! Should all the people that watched those knuckleheads go over the falls because of their lack of common sense, now hire a consultant to see if their trauma from watching the tradgety, be an event that they should sue the survivors for not educating their family members on common sense, good judgement and the ability to listen to people asking them to get back into the safe zone created by the NPS to minimize these kind of tradgeties? You cannot protect one from one's own dumbness!
Peace
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
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Jul 28, 2011 - 11:54am PT
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The family members emphasized that they are grateful to the rangers and rescue personnel they have worked with, but they think they should bring in more help.
"They're reacting instead of acting," Sargon David said. He said when he learned from a friend that his son might have his cell phone with him, he tried to work with the phone carrier to seek out a GPS signal. But the phone company said that request would have to come from law enforcement. "That was Thursday," he said. "This is Tuesday, and they don't know anything."
Trying to reach out for any means of help possible, the family members got in touch with Rep. Dennis Cardoza's office Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.modbee.com/2011/07/26/1791716/families-makerepeated-journeysto.html#ixzz1TPliRh6B
If you believe that a cell phone will work after going over Vernal Falls, you will believe anything.
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:04pm PT
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"Ask anybody," said Shamiran David. "My son is a gentleman. All of those kids were mature and well-behaved. They wouldn't do silly things to risk their lives."
Find any kid that behaves horribly--more than likely this is what his parents will say. And they will say it quicker and more emphatically than the parent of any normal kid. Delusional parents and horrible behavior go to together. The parents turn a blind eye and let their kids to anything they want.
Here, Shamiran's kid (I"m using this term loosely as he was a grown man) climbed past a warning sign over a fence, and ignored people yelling at him, all to get into an area that any person with any working brain cells would recognize as extremely dangerous. But no, he is a well-behaved mature gentleman who wouldn't do silly things to risk his life.
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the goat
climber
north central WA
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:15pm PT
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Stupid yes, silly no.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:21pm PT
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It is disgusting.
Honor means nothing to the vast majority.
We have bred a culture of opportunism.
After seeing what those signs say, if this becomes a civil suit against the NPS I lose all sympathy for the family.
Here in Zion some family members got millions claiming that the NPS failed to inform the victims of the higher than normal flow in the creek they were rappelling into.
The rappel point was a few meters from where the creek poured into the canyon.
THEY COULD SEE THE FLOW LEVELS FOR THEMSELVES AND CHOSE TO GO ANYWAY!!!!
(absurd)
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dirtbag
climber
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:31pm PT
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I think we should sue the city when a pedestrian is killed by a car on a street for failure to adequately prevent a pedestrian from entering traffic.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:54pm PT
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Wow! Yet again, we find the acorn didn't fall far from the tree.
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dirtbag
climber
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Jul 28, 2011 - 12:59pm PT
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Ugh I just got through reading that article. I can appreciate their frustration and sadness but wish they could find some other way to channel their energy.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 28, 2011 - 01:01pm PT
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Hey, they came to the USA to get ahead didn't they? I don't think there's
any PI lawyers in Syria.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jul 28, 2011 - 01:25pm PT
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What was the original reason for setting aside places like Yosemite? To forever preserve it's scenic beauty?
Installing heavier, more secure bars and railing all over everywhere destroys the scenic quality of the place, and makes the joint look more like a jailhouse than a park.
May as well have a brew-pub on top of the falls there.
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