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Utah hiking - Be careful

Postby nyker » 23 Apr 2012, 22:01

For anyone planning on hiking in Utah..be careful...

http://news.yahoo.com/dangerous-booby-traps-found-popular-utah-trail-211044845.html
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Postby denvermikey » 23 Apr 2012, 23:48

http://news.yahoo.com/dangerous-booby-traps-found-popular-utah-trail-211044845.html[/quote]

I, for one, am vehemently opposed to the trapping of boobies...
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Postby mountaingoat-G » 24 Apr 2012, 07:20

you saw this on Bogley, right ???
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Re: Utah hiking - Be careful

Postby Matt Lemke » 24 Apr 2012, 09:14

It's on every outdoors forums by now
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Postby Fletch » 24 Apr 2012, 09:23

Classy. Thier parents must be so proud.
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Postby Dex » 24 Apr 2012, 10:37

That thing took some work to put together.

You have to wonder about the mind set of such people.
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Postby its_not_a_tuba » 24 Apr 2012, 11:32

"Having had previous military hazardous device detection training, Schoeffler immediately knew it was a threat."

"...the booby traps could have been overlooked by everyone except a military-trained officer like Schoeffler."

Yes, because it takes military training to notice something is amiss with this scene:

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Postby highpilgrim » 24 Apr 2012, 11:37

its_not_a_tuba wrote:Yes, because it takes military training to notice something is amiss with this scene


It looks quite inept in the daylight but may have hurt someone who stumbled into it in the dark.

Twisted idiots.
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Re: Utah hiking - Be careful

Postby Mel McKinney » 24 Apr 2012, 11:44

Bone chilling. Should be more than a misdemeanor. Stupid luck that they aren't being charged with manslaughter or whatever the charge would be if they had actually caused a death. Idiots...


denvermikey wrote: I, for one, am vehemently opposed to the trapping of boobies...


On a lighter note, I can't stop laughing at this.
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Postby Jim Davies » 24 Apr 2012, 13:02

I think the wolverine on Bierstadt looks more threatening. Chalk it up to youth, stupidity, and a Y chromosome.
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Postby jasonmiller » 24 Apr 2012, 13:04

denvermikey wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/dangerous-booby-traps-found-popular-utah-trail-211044845.html


I, for one, am vehemently opposed to the trapping of boobies...[/quote]


I prefer the catch and release method..
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Postby skiwall » 24 Apr 2012, 14:41

Jim Davies wrote:Chalk it up to youth, stupidity, and a Y chromosome.


And perhaps being completely repressed from living in Provo...
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