Re: [at-l] Mt. Katahdin and Park Closing

[RussDade@aol.com]

Geesh, take some metimucil.....
Glad he didn't summit with a cell phone...

In a message dated 10/13/2000 4:22:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
goslowgofar@yahoo.com writes:

<< 
 --- Sloetoe <sloetoe@yahoo.com> wrote:
 > -
 > > > 
 > > At 07:50 PM 10/12/2000 -0400, david horton wrote:
 > > >I feel bad for those who have not summited yet. 
 > I am sure it would be
 > > >extremely difficult to finish now.   If I got
 > there and the weather was
 > > >bad I have an idea what I would do and it might
 > not be wise.
 > 
 > ### You know, reading David's post reminded me of
 > all that stuff I posted
 > of my own trip up the mountain -- and then I get to
 > the end: "...I have an
 > idea of what I would do and it might not be wise."
 > Now, I barely know the good Mr. Horton in person,
 > and only somewhat better
 > via emails... But I have to tell ya, he's an
 > intense, serious, focused kind
 > of guy, and when I read that last line, I cracked up
 > laughing -- long and
 > loud. Maybe grim, too, but long and loud.
 >
 
 I had a very different reaction to David's comment.
 After reading his account of his summitting after his
 friends wisely decided to get off the mountain, I was
 ANGRY.  I spent a few years working in Search and
 Rescue in the Sierra.  I remember the pain and anguish
 of the friends and families of those who were lost,
 injured, or dead.  I assisted with three body
 recoveries.  It was not pleasant.  David deliberately
 did something very foolish and dangerous.  It could
 easily have had a very different outcome.  His friends
 and other would-be rescuers could have been put in a
 dangerous situation if they had had to look for him. 
 I hope you will think again before glorifying a very
 stupid decision.
  (I will apologize about this comment now.  I normally
 shy away from confrontation, but this really got to
 me.)
 GSGF
 >  >>
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