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Trapped in Squeeze Test for hours [The Age] |
23-Apr-2014 At 12:19:24 PM |
martym
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On 23/04/2014 Dave J wrote:
>On 22/04/2014 simey wrote:
>>It shits me that Louise would say this. That is like saying that we should
>>ban climbing at Arapiles because people have had accidents there. I can't
>>believe someone who is actively involved in adventure activities recommends
>>this as a course of action given the many thousands of people have done
>>The Squeeze Test with no drama.
>>
>I find it hard to believe anyone is seriously talking about destroying
>the boulder to minimise risk to park users. Blaming inanimate objects for
>causing harm to people is ridiculous. But then a few years ago at the
>Wimmera river, some numpty managed to install a rope swing on an old river
>red gum and then somehow cut their own hand off trying to use it. The 200
>year old tree was singled out as the root cause of the problem and promptly
>cut down to mitigate the risk.
>
>I think a basic competency test at the turn off to the mount would be
>a much better way of solving this issue (and would probably make life at
>the mount a lot more pleasant over the easter weekend). Any thoughts on
>what would make for a good competency test? Maybe if everyone had to stop
>off and wriggle up Brain Death before they were allowed to go past Dec
>Crag. I think that would pretty much guarantee no more Squeeze boulder
>incidents.
And here we have the age old problem - you need a licence to drive, but anyone can sire children. |
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