dingus wrote:
Gmburns2000 wrote:
j_ung wrote:
Across international lines? Can that work?
sure, why not? I guess it depends on treaties and so on, but folks in other countries get sued in the US all the time, and vice versa. Whether or not the funds are paid may be different, however.
If a liability suit of this sorts comes to fruition we can pretty much be assued that guidebooks and open reporting of new routes will STOP. Entirely.
I've created bolted face climbs. The climber assumes full risk if she decides to trust those bolts. Until a court says other wise.
When a court says otherwise I will have reported my last drilled bolt.
I say it's not IF.... it's WHEN.
And when it happens, climbing clubs along the lines of hunting clubs, will become the defact standard in the U.S. as the only practical way to manage the liabilities.
It is a stinky can of worms. Someone, perhaps someone on this board, will one day sue a first ascentionist team for something - and win.
Climbing as we know it will cease that day.
Any mention of a liability lawsuit directed at FA teams should be SHOUTED DOWN. Repeatedly.
DMT
Climbing as we know it died 20 years...this is just the DEATH rattle.
