I was just going to post a link to the same story in the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...isrc=newsletter

My first reaction was that it was a good thing. Then I read the comments and was really surprised at the negative reactions. Apparently going off hiking is a very irresponsible thing to do. I think that we have a whole grope of irresponsible folks gathered here.