RE: [californiadisasters] Yosemite Waterfall Deaths: 3 Hikers Swept Over Falls

To hang onto while in the very cold and very fast moving water, of course! Tragic as the outcome is for the families, it's Social Darwinism at work. 73, kevin kc6pob --- On Wed, 7/20/11, Rick Bates <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com> wrote: From: Rick Bates <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com> Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] Yosemite Waterfall Deaths: 3 Hikers Swept Over Falls To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 2:18 PM   Why does one suppose that there is a barricade there in the first place?   Darwin's law in action * lowest common denominator = tourons.   Rick     From: Kim Noyes Yosemite waterfall deaths: 3 hikers swept over falls, presumed dead Three hikers who fell over a popular Yosemite waterfall are presumed dead, park officials said late Wednesday morning. Hormiz David, 22, of Modesto, Ninos Yacoub, 27, of Turlock and Ramina Badal, 21, of Modesto were on a day trip to Yosemite National Park with friends and family Tuesday afternoon when they climbed over a metal guardrail at the top of Vernal Falls near Curry Village in Yosemite Valley, park officials said. Witnesses told rangers that several people urged the group to get out of the cold, fast-moving water, but the three were swept over the 317-foot falls. ___

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