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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:48 PM Original message |
Woman hiker falls to death on Utah's Mount Olympus |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. 300 feet sounds like a lot to me. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. We can't have a thread |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hahaaa! Glad to help out. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. I searched for pictures of Mt. Olympus to get a perspective. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. THAT |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. Not so bad. |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. 300 feet |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. How sad. My sister died falling 100 feet when she was 16. Not a good way to go. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Well, don't stop mountain climbing |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Being on a rope doesn't guarantee your fall will be stopped |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. We were hiking through an icy area and our crampons weren't working |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
63. I 've always been fascinated by the type of person who continues to climb. |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've hiked Mt. Olympus |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Some updates (e.g. now says 1,000 ft) |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Yeah,it's now saying 1,000 |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why in hell did she climb a mountain? |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You're not going to leave the U.S.? |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Hell, no! The world hates us! |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. WOw folks, a true victim of the Terr'ists! nt |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Yeah, those Scots really had it out for my blood. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. All those things are great fun |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane? |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'd bet that you are far more likely to die in your car on your way to work. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. The last thing in her mind? A big sharp hunk of rock. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You forgot the riskiest undertaking of them all... |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. You also don't have any choice about being born. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What's the point of living when you're not really living? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Do you have to climb a mountain for you to be "really living?" |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No, but leave the United States? Really? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. yes, for many people it is |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. The point of living is not dying in terror. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. So you don't drive, fly, swim or use electricity, I hope. |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. Goddamn, doesn't anyone see the sarcasm? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Wow...you sound like a real fun person! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Hey, extremely nice pictures.. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I may just do that! Gimme some time...I was inspired |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. OMG These are beautiful! Do you have a website where people can view them? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. They are on my facebook page. You can PM me |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. to see the world |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. It completely changes you forever. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Incredible photos - what wonderful places to see |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Great for beer commercials. Not good for people. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. You're joke-trolling, right? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Hehehe...I think you are right...He cannot possibly be serious |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. great pics! i am dying to go back to Patagonia, but i want to get to Africa first |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. "Because it was there.." |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I got to meet him |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'm envious.. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Why? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. That does sound cool... |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I don't know how old you are |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Most of me is up to it physically.. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. The first to say that (recorded, anyway) was George Mallory |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thanks, I didn't know that.. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Well, it's fun |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. It is a luxury for those with money. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. not always, i have many friends who don't have much money but travel, climb mountains etc |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. why does the chicken cross the road? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. It's scarier staying here. Mass shooting sprees almost every day. What a country. nt |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
31. Sorry this happened, but |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. Odd headline. They'd never dream of writing "Man hiker falls to death." |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
35. I wonder what she knew that threatened Siclair Oil. n/t |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
39. I was in Alaska hiking and slipped as I traversed a snowfield on a mountain |
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