[pct-l] Cliff Sign
Sharon
chelin at teleport.com
Sat Aug 5 12:59:32 CDT 2006
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.
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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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