Thursday, December 21, 2006

Mt. Hood Tragedy

It was a tragedy what happened on Mt. Hood, those guys freezing to death up there and to top it off, it is Christmas. But there is no way government should be dictating what gear I have to have in order to climb a mountain. We do however, need to have some way to distinguish how much of a rescue is mounted when tax payers are footing the bill. Stupid people do stupid things (and this in no way reflects what recently happened, those guys were skilled, experienced climbers). So there will be times when people need rescuing, but where do we draw the line? If someone goes up the mountain wearing shorts and taking a bag lunch, do we drop everything and pull the national guard in to "fix" his problem? Basically, we don't need government keeping us 100% safe at all times. Most people have common sense... o.k. some people have common sense.

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