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Venkman · 08-13-2008, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Funk

Anybody else seeing these deaths as the death of future pioneer trek reenactments?

It was a family event, not a church sponsored activity.

MikeWaters · 08-13-2008, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Venkman

It was a family event, not a church sponsored activity.

Wow. Unfortunately, they have learned what it is like for a family member to die on a trek, just as the pioneers of yore did.

It's a lesson obviously they wish they avoided.

Burning Bright · 08-13-2008, 05:17 AM

I live very near to where this happened and what's sad is that there are hundreds and of miles of trails and dirt roads in the immediate area that they could have been on.

Also the latest reports indicate that they were in the roadway, not on the shoulder. Most of the roadway through the canyon has little or no shoulders. They don't even have guard rails.

SeattleUte · 08-13-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Venkman

It was a family event, not a church sponsored activity.

For real, or is that the official position?

MikeWaters · 08-13-2008, 06:25 PM

a family handcart expedition in the middle of a lane on a two-lane road, in a dangerous canyon.

that's a little bit crazy in my book. I hope others will take heed.

YOhio · 08-13-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

a family handcart expedition in the middle of a lane on a two-lane road, in a dangerous canyon.

that's a little bit crazy in my book. I hope others will take heed.

Are there any dangerous canyons b/w Dallas and Jackson County, MO?

MikeWaters · 08-13-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

Are there any dangerous canyons b/w Dallas and Jackson County, MO?

I don't know. But hopefully when I go, I will be driving, and hooking up with my direct supervisor, Marlin Jensen.

YOhio · 08-13-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I don't know. But hopefully when I go, I will be driving, and hooking up with my direct supervisor, Marlin Jensen.

What was all this big talk about buying new hiking boots for the trek to Zion? Now you're driving a car? I worry for you brother.

MikeWaters · 08-13-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

What was all this big talk about buying new hiking boots for the trek to Zion? Now you're driving a car? I worry for you brother.

that was my dad, dimwit.

YOhio · 08-13-2008, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

that was my dad, dimwit.

Remind him to keep on the shoulder.

08-13-2008, 05:17 AM	#13
Burning Bright Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 183	I live very near to where this happened and what's sad is that there are hundreds and of miles of trails and dirt roads in the immediate area that they could have been on. Also the latest reports indicate that they were in the roadway, not on the shoulder. Most of the roadway through the canyon has little or no shoulders. They don't even have guard rails.

08-13-2008, 06:25 PM	#15
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	a family handcart expedition in the middle of a lane on a two-lane road, in a dangerous canyon. that's a little bit crazy in my book. I hope others will take heed.