[at-l] Widow maker

[danielsw@bestweb.net (Walter Daniels)]

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> This one fell "on" the Trail just minutes after we passed by.  This was
> about 150' south of Tom's Run Shelter in PA.  Yes it made noise.  First
> a sharp cracking sound followed by a whacking sound as it bounced off
> the tree it fell from, then a loud thump as it hit the ground, followed
> closely by a holy sh*t.
>
> http://friends.backcountry.net/slandis/terry_log1.jpg
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> Steve
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> Walter Daniels wrote:
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> >If a tree falls in the forest does it make a noise?
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This question is really a philosophical question about whether a human has
to be present for a noise to happen. Some would claim that no noise happened
if no one heard it. Obviously the one you heard made a noise. No one debates
that issue only the converse.