O2bnVegas, once again I ask if you believe that all lakes and ponds must have protective guards? Must we have railings between lanes of opposing traffic? Christ, have you read warning labels lately? My golf cart that I just rode in warns that upon stopping, that I should: 1. Push the foot pedal lock. 2. Place the golf cart in neutral. 3. Remove the key. Possibly you're not a golfer, but anyone who does golf understands that this is stupid, asinine lots of other bad things.
Where does the madness end? How about a little personal responsibility?
Where does the madness end? How about a little personal responsibility?
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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
So a laundry closet/chute is a lovely vista that should be protected from locks, signage, etc. to protect the drunk/sleepwalking/stoned adult or curious kid from an unlikely (but has happened) but tragic accident? Keeping in mind that there is no reason for a hotel patron to have access to that closet/room/chute, how does this compare with known Grand Canyon accidents?
Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
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Originally posted by: DonDiegoQuote
Originally posted by: jatki99
Something mew comes to mind as of late. "Selfie-free zones". People are actually falling off cliffs and such now. I believe India has a couple dozen of them, they lead the world in no selfie zones. Should a small railing be put up and destroy part of the natural beauty of the place so a few idiots don't walk off the edge? I don't think so, but it will probably happen.
When we went 4 wheeling in the bottom of the Grand Canyon the half way point was a spot overlooking the Colorado river and was absolutely beautiful and awe-inspiring. We were about half way down in the canyon, couple thousand feet? There was one woman who was peering over the edge, scared the crap outta me, I thought she was falling for sure. The spot would've been absolutely ruined if railings were put up there.
When DonDiego visited the Grand Canyon some years ago he purchased a book, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon at the Gift Shop. It occurred to poor old befuddled DonDiego that the presence of the tome in the Grand Canyon Gift Shop, . . . among the snow globes, rubber hatchets, and "bags o'gemstones", . . . seemed a mite off-putting with respect to the anticipated hiking excursions. Nonetheless, upon returning from his day touring the Canyon Rim and a bit inside the rim, DonDiego purchased the book.
It confirms jatki99's trepidation about those who get jes' a mite too close to the edge.
Although there's lots of ways to die in the Grand Canyon - dehydration, airplane cash, even drowning - the most common means is falling over the edge. DonDiego's personal observation that day suggested the avid amateur photographers were pr'bly most at risk, . . . jes' trying to get that perfect photo and overestimating their ability to jump, balance, or stretch safely. He supposes the ever-present selfie-stick has become a major contributor by now.
The book also documented several instances of "gentlemen" falling to their deaths while urinating into the Canyon; DonDiego cautions the overconfident young males and those females with sufficiently strong bladder muscles to attempt this feat not to do so.
Anyway, the book documented over 500 deaths in the canyon, and that was some years ago. Aside from unpredictable occurrences like plane crashes the average remains something like around a dozen deaths per year.
Nonetheless, DonDiego proposes the fewer safety railings, warning signs, and other obstructions, the better. The Canyon is too beautiful to spoil. Besides, Death-by-Canyon is one of Nature's ways to improve the human species.
From The Las Vegas Review Journal:
"At 2:28 a.m., a porter in a third-floor laundry-collection room heard a 'thud'. When he looked inside the 6-foot-deep laundry bin at the bottom of the chute — meant to catch guest-room linens tossed from each of the hotel’s 30 floors above — he saw the body and called for help."
Regarding excessive safety precautions applicable to hotel laundry chutes, the reader is referred to the improvement to the human species comment, above.
Besides, DonDiego sorta hopes he goes out with a "thud"; it'd be nice to be noticed.
So a laundry closet/chute is a lovely vista that should be protected from locks, signage, etc. to protect the drunk/sleepwalking/stoned adult or curious kid from an unlikely (but has happened) but tragic accident? Keeping in mind that there is no reason for a hotel patron to have access to that closet/room/chute, how does this compare with known Grand Canyon accidents?
