Finally! Now I Can Pile On!
I didn’t want to be the first one, but ever since… well, the beginning of winter when those idiots got lost on Mount Hood I’ve wanted to… ergh.
Anyone who intentionally starts climbing a mountain in the middle of winter for “recreation” shall be required to sign a form prior to starting their climb stating that either a) they will pay for any rescue efforts made of their behalf, or b) they waive all rescue efforts.
I mean, seriously. How much does it cost to mount these rescue operations, anyway? They don’t let me go down to the ferry terminal to see if I can beat it across the Sound. If you’re going to have to rescue them when they get their idiotic asses lost, either make them stick to the interpretive center, or don’t let them go up there in the middle of winter.
February 20th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
That is precisely what I think whenever I hear one of those stories.
Happy –or anyways fruitful– Lent everyone!
February 21st, 2007 at 9:28 am
And don’t make your dawg climb a mountain.
February 22nd, 2007 at 6:55 am
Dunno. Over here the (voluntary) mountain rescue teams quite enjoy the challenge of rescuing these people, the vast majority of whom never get into any bother. Strikes me that a modest insurance policy with profits to the rescue teams might be a good idea.
Well, that’s me off the drink for Lent. After a day I can see why it’s called after “lente”.
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
Ooh you masochist! Alternatively~ Ooh you fabulous Christian! Let’s hope it’s, ah, fruitful. You’re not drinking the nonalcoholic stuff, are you?
They had that show on BBC America for a while. I tried watching but I found it incredibly tedious. The rescue people in the Scottish Highlands. Forget what it was called. Don’t remember many helicopters in it. Just a lot of sturdy young beautiful people with a coil of rope and a lot of time on their hands. Mount Hood, however, is slightly more helicopter-necessary.
February 23rd, 2007 at 2:57 am
Apprently my liver will already have started regenerating so in a couple of decades or so I’ll be good as new. Actually it’s something I’ve never done before. Like when I gave up smoking, I’m getting formication on my face.
I guess Mt Hood is a bit different from your average Cairngorm.
February 23rd, 2007 at 2:59 am
PS No I’m not on the non-alcoholic stuff, that tastes horrible. Better off with iced water and a slice of lime.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 am
I swore off Clamato juice for Lent. I was at 1/2 quart a day, bordering on hives sometimes.
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:39 am
Clamato juice? Is that like what it sounds like?
“You say clamato and I say clamato You say potato and I say potato”.
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Ew Clamato straight? Ew.
I thought you didn’t like water, Red? I remember you staring perplexedly at a case of the stuff delivered to your office once. Try tonic water and lime. You’ll never notice the gin is missing.