Re: [Paddlewise] Seeing Red?

I remember the Kim story vividly. There was another story years ago about a
family who got into similar trouble in the mountains of Utah or Nevada on a
trip from California to somewhere. The wife and baby were in a cave near the
stuck car and the husband hiked for help.

Interesting about someone blindly following a GPS along a road marked with
signs telling them not to go there.

Something I read yesterday tickled my fancy. A huge sign reading:

"THIS SIGN HAS SHARP EDGES"
"DANGER!! DO NOT TOUCH THIS SIGN"
"also, the bridge is out ahead:"

There was more to the sign but that is the general idea. The last line in
small print.

Reminds me of a Smothers Brothers routine:

Dickie Smothers: "If all your friends jumped off a cliff would you do it?"
Tommy Smothers: "Huh... not again!"


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote:

> Bradford R. Crain wrote:
>
>  I still anguish over the fate of James Kim, who attempted to drive with
>>> his family from I-5 to the southern Oregon coast in the middle of
>>> winter over a seldom used and substandard Bear Camp road through the
>>> mountains.
>>>
>>
> An ironic element of modern reliance on GPS units to guide route selection
>  is that a couple was recently allowed (told?) by its GPS to take that
> selfsame route ... and they also got stuck.  To do so, they had to drive
> past (and ignore) a couple large warning signs that the road was not
> passable in winter without high clearance or 4WD.
>
> Signs, simple highway signs.  Ya can lead 'em to water, but ya can't make
> 'em drink!
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