XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: nntpmail@epix.net   
      
   On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:44:28 -0800, Russell Senior wrote:   
   >>>>>> "gatt" == gatt   writes:   
   > gatt> Stupid as it was to climb Hood when they did, they'd done   
   > gatt> McKinley among others.   
   >   
   > Stupid isn't the right word.  I think "unlucky" is probably vastly   
   > closer.  IIRC, the weather was fine when they intended to climb.  It   
   > only got bad long after they intended to be off the mountain (when the   
   > search and rescue effort was getting underway).  It was being unlucky   
   > (the injury) that prevented them from doing that.  Stupid is only the   
   > right word if you assume they were trying to maximize safety, which   
   > they clearly weren't.   
      
   "Stupid" is when local rural people, who know better, try to drive up the   
   north side of the hill I live on when the road hasn't been plowed and/or   
   is icy.  Really stupid is when, once they've lost traction, instead of   
   backing down they keep trying, put the vehicle sideways and one end or the   
   other ends up in a ditch.   
      
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