Freight train hopping!

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Re: Freight train hopping!

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:16 pm

boulderburner wrote:This morning I checked out our local (Boulder, CO) paper to see what the news has been in the last week while I was at the burn. One of the most prominent stories is of a college student that lost both her legs just yesterday trying to hop a train.

No matter how many people say "it's easy" and "I've done it a million times" - DON'T DO IT!!!

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_18830265? ... ost_viewed

She's lucky to be alive. Both femoral arteries severed...
Lose your legs--Become a merit badge.

Remember, you're just a make-believe soldier in an artificial army.

"So many people have so little clue and there's only a finite amount of patience in the world!" --International Incident.
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