Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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Jan 31, 2013 - 01:12am PT
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"Yeah, it was green grass that smashed up the windshield."
Or their heads in the accident in the ditch without a seatbelt.
These photos can be interpreted in many different ways.
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slayton
Trad climber
Here and There
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Jan 31, 2013 - 01:18am PT
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The photos don't add up to the story.
No, they don't. Those photos were supposedly taken the morning after all the action took place. Those photos, in and of themselves, neither confirm nor deny their story.
Fluoride: THESE are the vicious locals who did this to them?
If you believe the rough google translation at the bottom of the photo, then yes.
"Los comuneros de Ocongate dijeron a la Policía que atacaron a los turistas porque estos se negaron a identificarse y luego escaparon."
Google translation:
The villagers of Ocongate told police he attacked the tourists because they refused to identify themselves and then escaped.
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slayton
Trad climber
Here and There
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Jan 31, 2013 - 01:24am PT
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The photos can be interpreted in many different ways, two of which is either they're lying, or they're not. If the quotation from the photo above is correct they were, in fact, attacked. That's not the whole story but certainly a part that many have had a hard time believing.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 31, 2013 - 01:59am PT
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Attack or not... strangers come to your hood acting all cocky and entitled to a free campsite and refuse to show ID... you whack the fuks. If they aren't pussies they will take their lumps and learn their lesson. Otherwise, they will ask everyone else to replace their iPhuns.
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slayton
Trad climber
Here and There
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:23am PT
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mechrist, beyond calling your above post BS it's not worthy of a response.
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Ryan Tetz
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Jan 31, 2013 - 05:39am PT
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After seeing that video I believe the story. They look terrible. Maybe things would have been better if they cooperated. I can see how people who are scared in an escalating situation respond with a fight or flight response and one thing leads to the next on both sides.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Jan 31, 2013 - 08:47am PT
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"You mean the local lynch mob that had attacked them BEFORE they pepper-sprayed them in an effort to get away."
Actually, I meant what I said GC. I undertand though that your shtick is supporting anyone who claims to be a victim so carry on...
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
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Jan 31, 2013 - 01:13pm PT
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atchafalaya:
I undertand though that your shtick is supporting anyone who claims to be a victim so carry on...
If you add, "and that you believe to be victim" then yes I suppose you can say that is my "shtick." Not everyone who claims to be a victim gets my sympathy, as some here have learned.
Isn't that your "shtick" as well, since you are a civil rights lawyer, or is that just your "shtick" when you are addressing the jury? Did you ever believe in what you were doing, or have you become cynical from years of selling your talents to plaintiffs that you secretly believe to be undeserving? And in this economy, has ambulance-chasing PI business been consuming more of your practice? That's a quick way to become cynical.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Jan 31, 2013 - 03:01pm PT
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I am a defense lawyer, but don't let that stop your 3rd grade lawyer rant... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 31, 2013 - 03:12pm PT
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2:40, the villagers made them sign a document that said they crashed the car because they had been drinking? From the pictures, it sure looks like a drunk veer into a ditch to me.
Whatever, fact is, as "experienced travelers" they should have had copies of their documents for EXACTLY THOSE SITUATIONS... and gone out of their way to accommodate the requests of the locals.
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canyoncat
Social climber
SoCal
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Jan 31, 2013 - 06:08pm PT
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The surfboards on top are a nice touch. Cowabunga kiddies.
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
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Jan 31, 2013 - 06:13pm PT
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Yeah, atchafalaya, so you will gladly take their side, but only if they throw a few bucks at you, or there's otherwise a dollar reward waiting for you at the end. So would it be safe to say that, at least when it comes to you, that their biggest mistake is not paying you first?
Edit: Wasn't that you asking about release-dismissal agreements? Since you're a defense lawyer, isn't this something you should have already have heard about?
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
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Jan 31, 2013 - 09:01pm PT
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I suspect that if the windshield had been cracked like that by their heads hitting it, they would have been injured worse than they are and would have at least gotten concussions. Also, I suspect that the upper forehead would impact the windshield, and that this wouldn't affect the lower face or teeth much. But I don't know this for sure.
Riley, what injuries would be typical for someone smashing a windshield with his head?
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Clueless gringos. The Caretas article says all this happened right on the main route to Machu Pichu, and they are concerned the incident will scare away tourists. It sounds like Nepal. Their main industry is tourism. Even the Maoists trying to overthrown the Nepal govt know better than to mess with the tourists. That would make everyone hate them.
This is probably the first time in history that gringos have driven all the way down there and camped on their land. This kind of gorilla camping is really a gringo phenomenon (and a western one at that) and would normally be considered strange or suspicious to be camping outside instead of staying in hotels. The Caretas article decribes the town as a high crime area and says the people had been repeatedly robbed of their cattle in recent times. It seems the whole town was already mobilized to defend itself against the cattle thieves, in a kind of neighborhood watch, when these dumb gringos who can't speak spanish veered off the main tourist highway thinking they could just pull over and camp.
Hopefully they've learned something about what the world is really like, rather than just begging money off strangers to continue their wild and crazy adventures in the third world.
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patrick compton
Trad climber
van
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 2, 2013 - 07:22am PT
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The locals assume the gringos are cattle-rustlers, but the gringos are clueless?
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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I hope those of you who think you've got the whole scene figured out from your lofty arm chairs are never in the position of these three folks. What a truly crappy feeling it must be to be tried and judged in such a way.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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I'm not saying the locals didn't attack. I'm saying I don't see the rock barricades the locals built... or any rocks laying around with which they could have built said barricades.
I'm also saying, if they did attack, I don't think they were necessarily out of line. Some cocky foreigners roll up and set up camp on your land, whatchu gonna do? If they refuse to show ID, whatchu gonna do? If they are doing drugs (alcohol), whatchu gonna do?
If you are visiting a foreign area, be respectful and bend over backwards, sideways, or whatever ways the locals want you to bend. If you aren't willing to accommodate the locals wishes, stay the fuk home. Them's simple country folk. They don't give a fuk about your vacation... they care about their daily lives... the lives you are interrupting... their families... what little property they have.
Oh, and if you piss them off and they retaliate, don't ask others to replace your iPhun.
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