Posted on 09/24/2017 4:27:23 PM PDT by SMGFan
A group of climbers had to be rescued from the top of a mountain after getting so stoned they couldn’t get back down. The four walkers got stuck on top of the 3,209ft Scafell Pike in Cumbria’s Lake District – the highest peak in England.
After successfully reaching the top, however, they found themselves ‘incapacitated’ from having taken cannabis. Cumbria Police confirmed that mountain rescue and air ambulances had to be scrambled in order to rescue the climbers.
‘Persons stuck on mountain after taking cannabis. Now having to deploy mountain rescue, air support and ambulance to rescue them,’ Cumbria Police tweeted.
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...
Far out, man.
I Arthur C. Clarke's novel Imperial Earth, an important part of the plot is the love one of the main characters has for a beautiful female. They had a whirlwind romance as young people, during which they made love while using an "emotion amplifier," although the details are only vaguely hinted at.
I've long believed that the "emotion amplifier" Clarke alluded to was marijuana.
On your “talk to text”, I often have the same troubles with my Kindle’s auto spell.
Make them pay.
No Doritos ? You are so cruel !
Rescuing them was interfering with Darwin’s Law. This would have speeded up cleaning out the gene pool.
FYI:
Two Bear Air Rescue, based in Kalispell. MT.
Available 24/7/365 up to 11,500 feet.
Allowed to fly in ANY weather (and they do).
Has a camera on the front of the helicopter that can read a car license plate at two miles away at 5,000 feet up in the dark.
Price of the rescue? $0 - it’s all funded by one philanthropist.
Link: http://www.twobearair.org/about/
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