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Posted by Fred on January 18, 2008 at 1:35:56 pm EST
In reply to What? No Kids Allowed Above Treeline?! posted by Alicia on January 18, 2008 at 11:43:35 am EST

f_klock - the reason I heard for getting rid of life guards was to save money. The state is assuming that, in the absence of life guards, parents will be more responsible and keep an eye on their kids. I see a disaster waiting to happen this summer in my home state.

Alicia - the regulations seem absurd - my family and a friend of ours climbed Mt. Evans in Colorado with our four year old son and nine month old daughter (this was, I'll admit, 18 years ago!) - and experienced no such prejudice. I will admit to being a bit "knackered" after carrying my son "piggyback" the last few hundred feet to the top, my buddy had our daughter in a carrier on his back, she slept most of the way. Other folks we met thought it was quite normal for us to have our children with us.

That said, I have to agree with Bill_S's comments as to why they enact rules like this - I also share his (and others) feelings towards these rules and those who impose them.

If freedom really ain't nothin but nothin left to lose, pretty soon, we'll be free.

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