What does it matter?
Posted on 08/19/2014 6:43:24 AM PDT by Night Hides Not
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS SF) — A Bay Area man died while rock climbing in Yosemite National Park shortly after his girlfriend accepted his marriage proposal.
36-year old Brad Parker, a veteran rock climber and Sebastopol resident was killed after falling from a climb along Matthes Crest according to the Press Democrat.
Parker had completed a climb to the summit of Cathedral Peak where he proposed to his girlfriend Jainee Dial. She accepted his proposal, but the couple separated as Parker went to climb along Matthes Crest by himself.
Yosemite Park Ranger Kari Cobb told the Press Democrat that Parker was climbing alone and without ropes on the granite crest when other climbers saw him fall around 5:45 p.m.
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Sounds like a great trip!
We love the mountains for hiking, flyfishing and watching wildlife. My wife first tried climbing in a class in the Grand Tetons about thirty years ago while I took the kids hiking. Our first trip to Colorado with them he decided he wanted to live there. And did.
Some people criticize others for the activities they enjoy but I say to each his own. My wife and I have always enjoyed some out there things, including sky diving.
His ethnicity seems to be American.
What does it matter?
Having a full understanding of your environment is essential in wilderness areas. Some are clueless to what they are about to attempt, and don’t realize Mother Nature doesn’t care. No ambulance there either.
I Wuv yooooooooo
Till death do us part...
I'm looking forward to being able to just take a month off and visit my sister in Reno. I can take a week (plus) to get there, stopping in Tucumcari (Route 66), then 2-3 nights in Kanab.
Radiator Springs in "Cars" was patterned after Tucumcari. The original Route 66 cuts through the middle of town, and a couple of motels were named in the movie's credits. O/T, the view from the top of the Moki Dugway in Utah closely approximates the view from the Wagon Wheel in Cars.
Now that I've located several wineries along the Colorado River in Utah, I'm ready for my next trip(s).
Sebastopol is a city in the Crimea, but it also seems to be a city in the San Francisco Bay area.
Too bad for this guy and his loved ones. Physics kills, as I tell my reckless offspring ...
Such a sad, sad story!
Yosemite is indeed a dangerous place. I remember those people last year who tried to cross a raging creek for a photo op and ended up going over the falls to their deaths - I think there were 3 of them who died, even though there were signs warning NOT to cross the creek.
Unfortunately, when these types of things happen, the area will be closed off (if it isn’t already) and deemed too dangerous.
Sort of like when people won’t pick up after the dogs, the city/county/park service just closes the area to dogs. I hike with my two dogs and notice more and more hiking areas are becoming off-limits to dogs.
While on a different scale, I was at the Smoky Mountains last week and was amazed at the sheer number of people hiking the trails totally, mind-blowingly unprepared. One was a 5 mile round trip, 85 degrees with high humidity and not insignificant climbs. People out with no water bottles, in flip flops and carrying infants.
We had boots, daypack’s, food, rain gear, extra water and a water filter to get more.
That's pretty good.
Cold. But good.
I have no sympathy for people who get killed doing things that are exciting and interesting only because they involve flirting with death.
I do a LOT of hiking in the Southern California hills around my home - it is usually hot here and many of the trails are steep. Temps are often over 85 degrees (you either get used to it or you don’t hike).
I see hikers going straight up the trails wearing several sweatshirts with hoodies pulled up, gloves, two-ton hiking books, long sweatpants, even full rubber suits zipped up tight - huffing and puffing, some I swear look like they’re going to have heart attacks.
They don’t dress properly, don’t have the right shoes (California hill trails are very very slippery), no water, red as beets.
I remember a few years ago Martin Lawrence almost died jogging in 100+ degree heat while wearing a rubber suit. He was found on the ground, way overheated and near death - this happened near my home.
Some people never learn- or think they’re going to “sweat off the weight.”
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