You're only as safe as the guy above you is un-retarded

Post by **itmeansgod** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:52 am

http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/peterabsolon/

Are you fucking kidding me?

Post by **krampus** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:30 am

unbelievable, how stupid can some people be

Post by **kirker** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:32 am

Thats terrible.. He shouldn't have had to go out like that.

Post by **GWG** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:42 am

I was hiking the Abram's Falls trail down in the Smoky Mountains along Cades Cove. My wife and 2 young boys had just settled down on a nice big rock by the falls when I get hit on the head with a rock. Knocked me to my knees and I felt as though the wind had been completely let out of my sails. For the rest of the day, I had a racking headache and was somewhat nausiated. Suffered a minor concussion. Someone had thrown a rock from the trail overhead.

What a stupid thing to do, throw a rock off a cliff where you can't see the landing point. That was the lesson my son's learned that day!

Post by **Crankmas** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:41 am

always be careful of this crap at Sky Bridge

Post by **chester** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:59 am

The idiot who threw the rock probably still has no idea he killed someone.

Post by **Wes** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:07 am

Crankmas wrote:always be careful of this crap at Sky Bridge

Yep, I have been there when people trundled huge logs of the top, and of course, beer cans on other occasions.

Post by **itmeansgod** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:34 am

chester wrote:The idiot who threw the rock probably still has no idea he killed someone.

I think it says that the guy is cooperating with authorities, but still, what a stupid fucking situation to be in. I'm sure he's saying "I'm so sorry! I had no idea that rocks could hurt people! Or that there could be people where I can't immediately see them!"

It seems like the most thoughtless, reckless thing that you can do, to throw a huge rock off of the side of a cliff, when you have no idea where it's going to land.

Post by **anticlmber** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:52 pm

[quote="itmeansgodIt seems like the most thoughtless, reckless thing that you can do, to throw a huge rock off of the side of a cliff, when you have no idea where it's going to land.[/quote]

that and bash someone anonymously on an internet fourm.

Post by **pawilkes** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:55 pm

i had a NOLS instructor on a Wind River Mountaineering course named Peter but I think this is a different guy. i don't even know what to think about this...