[pct-l] Cliff Sign

[George (Tin Man) Andrews]

Here's your sign.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon" <chelin at teleport.com>
To: "PCT-L" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 1:59 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Cliff Sign


> 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)
> =================================================================
>
> 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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