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Are you fucking kidding me?

unbelievable, how stupid can some people be

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

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!

always be careful of this crap at Sky Bridge

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

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.

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.

[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.

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...