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Sipsey - man falls 50'at Kinlock

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I can't exactly picture where he might have been camping, but know where Kinlock is. Anyone heard about this?

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080819/NEWS/49377/1007&title=Tuscaloosa_man_critical__after_fall
dayhiker
4:25:38 AM
8/19/08

Heard about this over on alatrails and I have to think they were camping right there off the side of the road above the falls. No rules against camping there I suppose but a poor choice. Also, who in their right mind is going to gather firewood at the edge of a 50 foot cliff after dark?
toph
7:04:07 AM
8/19/08

Sounds like he's doing good. I hope he makes it OK.
nowslimmer
7:09:01 AM
8/19/08

I posted the article there too. So they were along the road after the road switchbacks? Ouch, not a cool place to camp at all.
dayhiker
9:39:05 AM
8/19/08

I don't *know* that's where they were but I can't imagine where else they might have been. A poster on the other board seemed to suggest that they were up on the opposite bluff from the road above the falls but I've never ventured to that side. That would make more sense as that side would be much closer to a 50' fall than would the road side.
toph
3:41:02 PM
8/19/08

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