[pct-l] Sorta OT - Reaction to Abby Sunderland's Rescue

[bighummel at aol.com]

At Trail Pass, just last week, while preparing to glissade down I was explaining the procedure for my rather in-experienced cohorts. I young man standing nearby asked, "What's self arrest?" He had a new ice axe with little to no wear on it and big sh!t-eating grin. I told him that if he didn't know then he shouldn't be there, let alone using an ice axe and suggested he wait for the rest of his party.  He waited.  


Fortunately, in many cases, dumbshits die before procreating.  




Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:54:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: G L <pctair at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sorta OT - Reaction to Abby Sunderland's Rescue
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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You're right, we should all advocate for the closing of the PCT, because 
otherwise, you know someone is going to need to be rescued again.



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From: Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com>

As I've written before, if people want to take huge risks with their life
then that's their prerogative.  I'm not going to stop them.

Where I really have problems is when they take huge risks, fail, and then
pull a bunch of other people into their risky situation in order to bail
them out.  In Abby's case, she forced other people to engage in a risky
boat-to-boat transfer in rough water in which I understand the captain of
the fishing vessel was actually thrown overboard but was fortunately pulled
out again without harm.

Should we (as a society) rescue dumb people from their mistakes?  Sure,
otherwise we wouldn't be able to live with ourselves.  But I think we're
entitled to feel a bit of resentment toward the people who created the
situation in the first place through their thoughtless choices.

Eric





Greg Hummel


" Travel far, carry little, keep it simple, lighten up!"