[pct-l] Over the Falls

[Melissa Rexilius]

So far from what I've read about the Mist Trail is that it is back to being open and that rangers had no immediate plans to put any extra signage or fencing up because they felt what is in place is adequate. 

t.Rex

> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Over the Falls
> From: mlaccs at mlaccs.com
> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:45:05 -0700
> CC: sue.kettles at comcast.net; pct-l at backcountry.net
> To: melissa.rexilius at hotmail.com
> 
> On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Melissa Rexilius wrote:
> 
> > But more so for the SAR who has to put their lives on the line to scoop their bodies out of the Merced when they turn up, if ever. They are putting SAR lives in danger, and that's not ok in my book. Not to mention the people who will be forever traumatized having watched them go over the falls after pleading with them to heed safety warnings. 
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> Or what are now THOUSANDS of visitors, many who will NEVER get another chance who have been denied access to the trail.
> 
> As of this morning local news reports that the Mist trail is still shutdown with no idea when it will open.  I just hope they don't replace the current fence with some chain-link thing that is safer but ruins the view.  It is, after all, the Federal Government that makes such decisions.