Daily Agitator
One of my fav quotes from comedian Ron White…..I do not normally post on things that I feel are stupid or not of necessary importance….but I just have to post on this…..after years of watching the same thing happen time after time….I am beginning to think that the American “sportsman” is a MORON!
Every year some person or group of idiotic dipsticks just has to climb Mt. Hood in the dead of winter and year after year they need to be rescued……and guess what? This year is NO different!
From the NY Times:
Fears of an avalanche on Mount Hood forced rescuers to use a helicopter and airplanes in their search for two missing climbers on Sunday, a day after crews found the body of their climbing companion on a glacier on the mountain, Oregon’s highest.
The three climbers began their ascent on the west side of the mountain around 1 a.m. Friday and were due back in the afternoon. Crews found the body of Luke T. Gullberg, 26, of Des Moines, Wash., on Saturday, on the glacier at the 9,000-foot level.
Officials had not given up hope on Sunday that the climbers, who they said were experienced, could be found alive. Relatives of the climbers gathered at Timberline Lodge, a ski lodge on the flank of Mount Hood and a staging area for the rescuers, to await more news. They were being comforted by Dennis Simons, a nondenominational volunteer chaplain.
He said the expertise of the two missing climbers was giving their relatives hope. He also said that Ms. Nolan had made the summit of other Cascade Range peaks, and that the three had climbed together before. “They know how to survive in the snow,” Mr. Simons said.
Mount Hood has been the site of dozens of climbing accidents. The worst on record occurred in May 1986, when nine people — seven students from Oregon Episcopal School and two adults — died after they dug a snow cave during a sudden storm.
First of all, do any of these dorks know what a weather report is? Second, do any of these “experts” know anything about conditions on mountains in winter? Third, F*CK ’em if they are this stupid then there is NO saving them!
Just how experienced are the morons that climb the mountain knowing the death toll is high? It is time to either make the mountain off-limits in winter or make the family responsible for the cost of the rescue mission…..it is that simple! Apparently these “responsible” individuals care nothing of their own safety and really do not give a crap about anyone else…..Possible post a sign that says, “climb at your own risk”
It is time to STOP pretending that these a/holes are anything but self-centered pricks! If they do not know how dangerous the mountain is then they should stay home and service the wife or husband as the case may be…if they do not care if they die….why should I?
Climb at your own risk! Yeah, I’ll go for that and I’d make it applicable to almost every other dangerous recreational activity that people want to undertake.
But NO! The stupid nanny goddam state wants to protect everyone from themselves! In fact I’d be surprised if some asshole doesn’t try to sue someone else over this!
What’s wrong with our societies? Some people would just prefer to live a short exciting life full of risk (and why not?), whilst others want to live forever wrapped in cotton-wool.
My attitude is: well, fine, if that’s the way you want to live then it’s your choice – your OWN risk or your OWN frigging cotton-wool – it’s up to YOU, buddy! The rest of us just prefer to get on with life and be normal without being bothered by people like you – either way!
I see we agree on this also….I am just damn tired of these mental midgets that think they can do anything and it will be okay…this is one of those things I jusat have to bitch about…if you know what I mean….
Oh yes, I know what you mean, although it’s often not the people that get into trouble themselves that are the problem – it’s the families, friends and so on. The risk takers are often just that – they enjoy the risk and if they have to die doing what they love then so be it.
To me it’s part of the same attitude that will insist on preventing people who clearly wish to die from doing so – by what fucking right do they do THAT?
In my view – just stop treating adults like children – they’re old enough to go kill themselves if they want to, or to know the possible consequences if they take the risks.
We can expand this oh so far…seat belts….people want to drive into a tree going 80mph and walk away….just one example……..we seem to want to protect people from themselves…..sorry we cannot do that……I believe that it is not a right……just a thought….
I agree. It’s time the authorities got the fuck out of ordinary people’s lives and let them screw up if they want to!
There are, of course, always questions of when do you help medically and so on (especially in the UK where it’s “free” – or to put it another way, WE all pay for it for everyone else).
That, though, doesn’t hold water as an argument because the probability is that, taken overall, for every one that injures him (or her) self doing some dangerous pursuit and requires expensive medical care, two more will likely kill themselves in time and save the country a small fortune in elderly care and pension payments. So what’s the problem?
My thought is if these dipshits are so experienced then they should have known better…….it is the responsibility thing, IMO……you cannot fix stupid….