[pct-l] Cliff Sign

[Sharon]

Good afternoon, Tortoise,

Here is the link to the story:

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_080406_news_camping_lawsuit.cb868d.html

Steel-Eye

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
>Sent: Aug 5, 2006 6:58 PM
>To: Sharon <chelin at teleport.com>
>Cc: PCT-L <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cliff Sign
>
>Do you have a link to the story?
>
>Reminds me of what happened near here a few years ago.  Man and his son 
>were off-roading in their Toyota 4-runner. Drove into an unmarked / 
>unfenced mine shaft; both killed. Relatives sued the forest for damages,
>
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>Tortoise
>
><> He who finishes last, wins! <>
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>I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
>Using Mozilla Thunderbird  http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
>
>Sharon wrote:
>> Man falls off Mt. Hood cliff then sues gov't
>> 
>> 10:18 AM PDT on Friday, August 4, 2006
>> 
>> Associated Press 
>>  
>> An Oregon outdoors enthusiast is suing the federal government for not posting a danger warning next to a cliff in the Mount Hood National Forest.  Twenty-three-year-old Jerry Mersersau says he suffered "mental anguish" after trekking out in the dark to relieve himself and falling off a cliff in the national forest.  According to his lawsuit, Mersersau, who was not carrying a flashlight, fell about 20 to 30 feet onto a creek bed. Mersersau charges that the government should have known that the cliff posed a danger to campers. 
>> 
>> (End)
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>> 
>> OK folks, let me understand this:
>> 
>> 1)  He camps next to a cliff.
>> 2)  There is little or no moon at this time.
>> 3)  He walks about at night without a flashlight.
>> 4)  He steps off a cliff, because,
>> 5)  There was no warning sign which he couldn't have seen even if one were there.
>> 
>> If the USFS were to take action in this matter, I expect instead of posting hundreds of hazard signs the approach would be to post a sign at each trailhead saying, No Peeing in Mt. Hood NF
>> 
>> Steel-Eye
>> 
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