There are some but, yeah, they are pretty minimal. Pretty much in the same category as a small lock on a gate that only keeps honest people out. The barrier at GC are simply to serve as warnings for otherwise prudent adults.
Posted on 12/14/2020 8:04:49 AM PST by conservative98
An Australian woman plunged about 260 feet to her death in front of her horrified husband and two sons after climbing over a safety barrier at a “perfect selfie” spot at a nature reserve, according to reports.
Rosy Loomba, 38, of Craigieburn, was hiking with her family at the picturesque Grampians National Park in Victoria on Saturday afternoon when she decided to pose for a photo at the Boroka lookout near the village of Halls Gap, news.com.au reported.
Police have issued many warnings about the dangers of the idyllic spot — famed on Instagram as the “perfect selfie” spot — but the woman nonetheless scaled a railing and plummeted to her death as her husband, Basant, and two young sons looked on helplessly.
It took emergency personnel more than six hours to retrieve her body from the rugged terrain using a winch, according to the news outlet.
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I can’t help but remember a quote from John Boy and Billy’s morning radio show when they were discussing how those heat shields that you put over your windshield to keep out the sun from your car have the warning “Remove before Driving.” John Boy commented that there should not be warnings of any kind because “When stupid people do stupid things, that’s nature’s way of getting rid of stupid people.”
My understanding is that those warnings help protect manufacturers from a$$holes trying to sue them for NOT warning them ...... from being a$$holes!
There are some but, yeah, they are pretty minimal. Pretty much in the same category as a small lock on a gate that only keeps honest people out. The barrier at GC are simply to serve as warnings for otherwise prudent adults.
Another tragic COVID 19 death.
The stupid WAS strong in this one.......
Years ago we used to make an annual trip up to Baxter State Park in ME and climb Mt' Katahdin, we laughed how NY would probably demand you sign a thousand releases before doing the Knife edge trail.
People fall over the edge, not all of the time, but with regularity. You can't stop stupid with fences. They get too close to the edge and guess what? Some stumble or slip and over they go.
Approximately 12 people on average die per year in the park from about 6.2 million visitors annually, but only 2-3 of those are from falling over the edge. Deaths from heat and dehydration take a bigger toll.
At Yellowstone, in Wyoming, there are signs warning people to not go off the designated pathways and boardwalks around the hot springs and geysers. But some do it anyway. A fall into the boiling water (200-250 degrees Fahrenheit) kills them almost instantly.
Surprisingly, there have only been 22 deaths in the park's scorching thermal springs since it opened. Average number of deaths annually from all causes in the park of 5.9 million visitors is 93.
The biggest cause of death in all national parks annually is actually from drowning, followed by traffic accidents with other tourists and then slips and falls.
I wouldn’t say there are no barriers or fences. There’s a lot. But it’s just too darned... well... Grand. It’s 277 miles of RIVER, but it’s all jagged and twisty, then there’s the trails into it. You’d probably need over 700 miles of fencing to handle both sides of the whole thing.
And fences wouldn’t stop stupid.
When I see pictures like these, all I can think of is Wile E. Coyote falling from a great height after the piece of cliff he is standing on breaks off.
Sad. RIP.
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