[pct-l] Cliff Sign

[Wayne Kraft]

There's actually quite a bit of material about this on the net, but  
you'll have a problem finding it if you start with KGW news story  
because they've badly misspelled the plaintiff's surname, which is  
Mersereau, not Mersersau or Miserablesow or whatever KGW says it  
is.   That name, Jerry Mersereau, sounds familiar to me and I'm not  
sure why.   If he I ever figure out why, there may be yet more  
merriment.

Wayne Kraft

On Aug 5, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Sharon wrote:

> 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,
>>
>> ----------
>> Tortoise
>>
>> <> He who finishes last, wins! <>
>>
>> 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)
>>> =================================================================
>>>
>>> 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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