Thursday, June 23, 2005
I have not been keeping up with this story, but I did some very quick reading this morning. What's interesting is that kids between 8 - 13 (as well as adults) are the most likely to make the type of mistakes that this kid did, i.e. leaving the main trail climbing over a ridge etc. Rescue stats state that those between the ages of 3 - 7 are most likely to just sit down and wait to be rescued. The goups least likely to be rescued; mountain bikers, atvers and hunters.
Was he poorly coached by his parents? Yeah maybe, but I know lots of folks who do the same. Is this an illustration of our fear-based society? Yeah I guess, but it is only getting coverage because it is so exceptional.
Is the media filled with a bunch of shallow slap heads who live for stories that allow them to look deeply into the camera and feign concern in hope that a Peabody will some day be theirs? Absolutely!
Can we blame this on Enron? Sadly no.
Still something just doesn't add up. The kid is at the climbing wall with a friend before he gets lost. Now unless the climbing wall is four miles deep in the forest and not on the scout compound, how does he get lost?
My guess, he and his buddy had a fight, and the kid took off down a trail and either got lost, or wanted to get some attention.
Was he poorly coached by his parents? Yeah maybe, but I know lots of folks who do the same. Is this an illustration of our fear-based society? Yeah I guess, but it is only getting coverage because it is so exceptional.
Is the media filled with a bunch of shallow slap heads who live for stories that allow them to look deeply into the camera and feign concern in hope that a Peabody will some day be theirs? Absolutely!
Can we blame this on Enron? Sadly no.
Still something just doesn't add up. The kid is at the climbing wall with a friend before he gets lost. Now unless the climbing wall is four miles deep in the forest and not on the scout compound, how does he get lost?
My guess, he and his buddy had a fight, and the kid took off down a trail and either got lost, or wanted to get some attention.
