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Mt Rosea access 21-Nov-2007 At 5:16:23 PM JamesMc

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On 27/08/2007 Access T wrote:

There are about 26 trees that need work
>or removing and about another 23 that need clearing from the track. Until
>this is done and officially declared open, Rosea is still classed as a
>FAA. So, not legal to access. It is moving,but, not as fast as you would
>like unfortunately. Each bit of news is getting us closer and I do hope
>to have the kind that makes you smile sooner, rather than later.

On 31/08/2007 Access T wrote:
>All of the 23 trees are on the climbers track John.

This is bloody rediculous and it's time somebody said so. 23 + 26 = 49 suspect trees along a track that's about a kilometre long. Let's assume they will all fall down within a year. It takes about ten seconds to walk past a tree.

There are 365 x 24 x 60 x 60 = 31,536,000 seconds in a year.
If I walk past each of the 23 suspect trees twice, I will be under them for:
49 x 2 x 10 = 460 seconds.

The chance of one of them falling when I'm there is:
980
---------------------- = 0.00003
31,536,000

That means there is an 0.003 % chance of a tree falling on me. That’s a one in 32,000 chance.

I'm at more risk from all the other trees I walk under in a year, just because there's so many of them.

It's nearly two years since the area was burnt, and we are still waiting to be allowed to go back to Mt Rosea.

This really isn't good enough.

JamesMc