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Students in Tutus Saved From Mountain Road
AP/Newsday ^ | 2/1/06 | n/a

Posted on 02/02/2006 1:10:58 PM PST by kiriath_jearim

Students in Tutus Saved From Mountain Road

By Associated Press

February 1, 2006, 4:53 PM EST

PASADENA, Calif. -- Two dozen Caltech students wearing Superman capes, tutus and other odd attire as part of a hazing stunt were rescued after getting stranded on the Mount Wilson Toll Road.

Organizers of the California Institute of Technology initiation ritual said they didn't realize the road had been covered last year by a landslide.

"You've got to remember that common sense is not factored into the intelligence quotient," said Deputy Greg Gabriel, who leads the Altadena Search and Rescue team.

The annual Mount Wilson Night, when freshmen are initiated into the Page House dormitory at Caltech, started off as planned Monday night, Caltech sophomore Nick Goeden said Tuesday.

The group had a large dinner before dressing the freshmen in costumes and parading them throughout Pasadena. The young men and women were then taken to the Mount Wilson Observatory for the planned 10-mile descent down the road.

A quarter-mile from the bottom, the group got stranded in Eaton Canyon where the landslide blocked their path. Rescuers were called in at about 3 a.m.

The students didn't have flashlights, warm clothes or other important supplies, Gabriel said. But the deputy said they were equipped with "distinctive headgear -- hats with antennas and horns, that kind of stuff."

"Going up those trails in the middle of the night without any safety equipment and no lighting is pretty stupid," Gabriel said. "We've had washouts. If they took a wrong trail or fell off that trail, it's hundreds of feet down."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
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1 posted on 02/02/2006 1:11:01 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim

Well, it's not rocket surgery.


2 posted on 02/02/2006 1:13:45 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: kiriath_jearim

The Admissions Committee has some splainin' to do.


3 posted on 02/02/2006 1:14:13 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: kiriath_jearim
"You've got to remember that common sense is not factored into the intelligence quotient," said Deputy Greg Gabriel, who leads the Altadena Search and Rescue team.

It is extremely satisfying to see this universal law in writing.

Having argued in Global Warming and Second Hand Smoke threads extensively, I have personally experienced this law thousands of times.

4 posted on 02/02/2006 1:14:34 PM PST by Publius6961
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To: kiriath_jearim

bump


5 posted on 02/02/2006 1:16:36 PM PST by VOA
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To: kiriath_jearim
Future job interview:

"So, you'd like to be an engineer at ACME Corp, eh? Why don't you tell me about a difficult problem you had to solve. What did you do?"

"Well, I was up on this mountain, wearing a tutu and ... uuhhhh ... Can I start over? One time my computer crashed when I had this really tight deadline and ..."

6 posted on 02/02/2006 1:17:17 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: kiriath_jearim

Does this thread need pics? It's one of those gray-area threads....


7 posted on 02/02/2006 1:17:50 PM PST by Fudd
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To: kiriath_jearim
"You've got to remember that common sense is not factored into the intelligence quotient," said Deputy Greg Gabriel, who leads the Altadena Search and Rescue team.

Ah, youth!

8 posted on 02/02/2006 1:20:15 PM PST by American Quilter (Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action. - Goethe)
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To: martin_fierro
"The annual Mount Wilson Night, when freshmen are initiated into the Page House dormitory at Caltech..."

Poor Wilson....whoever he is, he no doubt knows the meaning of 'brokeback.'

9 posted on 02/02/2006 1:21:20 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Sad as it is, they're the future.


10 posted on 02/02/2006 1:24:59 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: kiriath_jearim

I'm thanking God for two things:

1. That all the freshmen made it back safely.

2. That it was some dormies for a change, instead of a fraternity chapter.


11 posted on 02/02/2006 1:25:26 PM PST by RichInOC ("He can't do that to our pledges." "Only we can do that to our pledges.")
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To: kiriath_jearim

Their parents' tuition monies are well spent...........elsewhere.........


12 posted on 02/02/2006 1:28:55 PM PST by Red Badger (...I will bless them that bless thee and those who curse thee I will turn into Liberals..........)
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To: kiriath_jearim
Ah yes, our youth are the future of America.

Better run like hell.

13 posted on 02/02/2006 1:30:28 PM PST by steelcurtain
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To: Fudd

A couple of pics of the landslide:

http://www.altadenatrails.org/wilson_toll.html


14 posted on 02/02/2006 2:17:50 PM PST by brianl703 (Illegal aliens are to businessmen as Cliff's Notes are to college students.)
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To: martin_fierro
The trail (road)is very steep, this picture is looking down the bottom few miles. The slide is very near the bottom. If they came all the way down from the top, they were 98% of the way down. I grew up in those homes near the bottom, great hiking up these canyons.

15 posted on 02/02/2006 2:31:00 PM PST by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: kiriath_jearim
"You've got to remember that common sense is not factored into the intelligence quotient,"

Bawwwwww-aw. Never better said!

16 posted on 02/02/2006 2:49:14 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: kiriath_jearim

My Lloyd House daughter assures me of the following: "Only Page House takes their freshman up to the mountains and leaves them there, ... but they're all fine houses."


17 posted on 02/02/2006 5:45:02 PM PST by William Tell (RKBA for California (rkba.members.sonic.net) - Volunteer by contacting Dave at rkba@sonic.net)
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To: Slicksadick
Grew up there, too!

Went from Eaton Canyon up to the top of Wilson past Henerger Flats, then down the Mt.Wilson highway to Mt. Lowel (sp?)and down to Mt. Echo with the old inclined railroad. 31 miles total and I couldn't walk for two days......

18 posted on 02/02/2006 5:55:22 PM PST by OregonRancher (illigitimus non carborundum)
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Wow, that was a HUGE hike, we made many trips over Henniger Flats to Idlehour, then down into the falls area. You might enjoy this page which describes this area in detail. Check out the map and pictures.

http://www.dankat.com/advents/loweat.htm


19 posted on 02/02/2006 7:40:54 PM PST by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: Slicksadick

Did you know there is a hidden tunnel through the right ridge adjacent to the first falls? How about the
old abandoned cabins way up the canyon? Also, did you know that there are still parcels of private land just below the summit of Mt. Wilson?


20 posted on 02/03/2006 7:29:35 AM PST by OregonRancher (illigitimus non carborundum)
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