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Yosemite picks them off here in California too. It is just opening up. Many of the deaths are drownings. People don't realize how powerful the spring runoff is and go past the rails and want to play in the water or get a a stupid selfie, slip on the rocks and they are in. Quite a few die in falls on the Half Dome hike and there are rock sheds that kill people too. Mother Nature can be a real bitch.
Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
Stupid always finds a way.
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Well, if you gotta go, falling off a rock in Utah isn't a bad way to go.
The scenery's good.
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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The moral of the first story is make sure your partner knows how to belay.
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Geese in the local park......wont take out the stupids here.
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The moral of the first story is make sure your partner knows how to belay. Belay'n his buddy now
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a few die in falls on the Half Dome hike Anyone who dies while hiking Half Dome was a good cull.
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Snowmobiles, kayak's, 4 wheeler's, and general dumbasserly take several in the Adirondacks every year. Can't fix stupidity.
Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here.
Captain John Parker, commander of the militiamen at Lexington, Massachusetts, on sighting British Troops (attributed), April 19, 1775
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Mother Nature is indifferent to humanity. It is fun to tweak her nose sometime just to see what you can get away with. Or you can stay on the couch.
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Wish you were better
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Mother Nature is indifferent to humanity. It is fun to tweak her nose sometime just to see what you can get away with. Or you can stay on the couch.
mike r This. Doing something is better than most these days.
Yup.
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a few die in falls on the Half Dome hike Anyone who dies while hiking Half Dome was a good cull. Yeah. I went up the hard way once in the 90's. Well, one of the easiest routes on the "hard way" Northwest FaceWe did a lot of aid climbing, that 5.12 crap a thousand feet up is for crazy/better climbers.
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Utah beats the hell out of Montana.
Waaaaaay more open unsettled places. Open country begging for new residents.
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Utah beats the hell out of Montana.
Waaaaaay more open unsettled places. Open country begging for new residents. Zip it!
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Well, if you gotta go, falling off a rock in Utah isn't a bad way to go.
The scenery's good. Better than a Rick rock falling on you.. (The auto correct rick-rolled me)
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Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
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Utah beats the hell out of Montana.
Waaaaaay more open unsettled places. Open country begging for new residents. Zip it! Truly it's gorgeous! Lots of room to grow! 
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Utah beats the hell out of Montana.
Waaaaaay more open unsettled places. Open country begging for new residents. Zip it! Truly it's gorgeous! Lots of room to grow! My parents lived in Big Fork for 30 years. There is still plenty of room up there. Especially north of Kalispell, No? 
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Utah beats the hell out of Montana.
Waaaaaay more open unsettled places. Open country begging for new residents. Zip it! Truly it's gorgeous! Lots of room to grow! My parents lived in Big Fork for 30 years. There is still plenty of room up there. Especially north of Kalispell, No? You’d think so. But I’m living out of my bumper pull camper moving every couple weeks!
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