[pct-l] Cliff Sign

[Tortoise]

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

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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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