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mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Jun 8, 2017 - 10:25pm PT

Ignorance of signage is no excuse.

Ignore them at your own risk and at the risk of others' lives, as well.

"How hard would it have been not to go near the water, Dumbass?"--Words of St. Peter at the Gates

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/08/when-the-water-rises-so-does-the-death-count/

Love, Ch. Darwin

mastadon

Trad climber

crack addict

Jun 9, 2017 - 06:59am PT

Here's what it looked like from The Cookie parking lot a few weeks ago. It's been a long time since I've seen it like this. I know the river was bigger during significant rain events but I wasn't there to see it.

[Click to View YouTube Video]

dfrost7

climber

Jun 23, 2017 - 06:02pm PT

Hi Neebee Lizzy!! I did the Mist Trail Wednesday - I didn't know about this poor guy until getting home. You saw the pics I posted on FB. I've never seen the water this high, end of June. It's very easy to see how someone could fall. I was a bit nervous and clung to the inside. A lot of water running down the steps, and a lot of people. Anything could distract you and you can fall in your own living room. I doubt if this was someone wandering to have a better view. But, you can get overly confident in a place which seems so tourist-y. He fell around 12:30, I imagine there were a lot of people on the trail. I've seen a lot of fit young guys move to be polite to make room for someone passing. So sorry for his family. Very sad. Even with the giant water, when I got to the top of Vernal, there was still some knucklehead who climbed over the rail to stand on the overhanging rock.

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Topic Author's Reply - Jun 23, 2017 - 11:20pm PT

hey there say, dfrost7... *forgot to say, happy to see you! ...
wow, YES i did see your post... and was really thinking on the seriousness of the whole trail, :O and, see--

one should never judge-- we are all human, and frail as to 'moments in time' that we may not always be able to control...

thank you for sharing on the trail conditions...

and WOW, nice to hear from mastadon!
hope your summer is going well!

thank you for the video share, thank you for just being you, too...

:)

rbord

Boulder climber

atlanta

Jun 24, 2017 - 09:46am PT

Love, Ch. Darwin

This guy was just a guy living his life doing his human thing the way he liked to do it.

We admire folks like Bachar and Potter and Steck. But they died too, as a result of the way that their brains worked, the decisions that they made, the beliefs that they formed.

If the way our brains work is that we need to condemn this guy (or other drowning victims) for the way he died, while admiring those climbers for the way they lived .. well, I expect there's some Ch. Darwin involved in why we would need to do that, too.