lurker-1969 t1_iufa1k9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:51 PM

Reply to comment by avitar35 in Cool parents carrying their kid off trail and out onto Sul Duc Falls at Olympic by insom187

My friend lost his son to a waterfall accident . He had just completed Maritime school in San Fransisco and they were on their sea trials cruise in Viet Nam. The last hike he ever went on

avitar35 t1_iugp1g8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:42 AM

Very sorry to hear that. I hope people can learn from that and be safer. I know I don’t want to do that to my parents.

lurker-1969 t1_iuj01rj wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:14 PM

My mom and dad raised 3 boys on a cattle ranch. Ranching is dangerous business and I was the victim of a bad farming accident but recovered. Off the ranch we were pretty wild. My mom , I can't imagine the worry she had. As a parent of 2 adult girls who participate in hazardous sports I look back and wonder how she survive.

Rotary_Wing t1_iug0df5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:06 AM

>He had just completed Maritime school in San Fransisco

They don't call it the Carquinez Mental Asylum for nothing.

lurker-1969 t1_iug9pyf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:20 AM

Explain please

Rotary_Wing t1_iuis8z6 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:22 PM

A lot of the students/alumni like to take risks, and quite a few have died young because of it. It's a weird place, and it produces or attracts weird people.

lurker-1969 t1_iuiy8ri wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:02 PM

Yup, he was a young guy doing young guy stuff. Can't say I wasn't there myself at that age. At any rate he was a very nice kid with adventure in his eyes. It just totally wrecked his dad and I'm sure the mom too.