Here we go with the finger pointing.....
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Yea great idea, lets mark up EVERY single rock face that *could* fall in the Whites with paint, that would make it a lot safer. Warning signs every 100 yards, "watch out for...(fill in the blank, ex. falling trees, rocks, bears, moose, yeti etc...)."
And while we're at it, a Verizon land line at EVERY trailhead, you know, just in case.
Also, a cell tower on every major ridgeline so we can call in the national guard choppers at all points in the forest.
You're in the middle of the woods for crying out loud, you're not going to get a response at the snap of you fingers. Franconia Notch isn't Wellesley, Mass or Shanghai.
How long till somebody sues somebody? Maybe, 3 weeks? There's a lawyer somewhere licking his/her chops.
Again, this was a very unfortunate ACCIDENT. Wrong place, wrong time. It always has to be someone else's fault I guess.
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