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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Chimney Rock accident
	Date:	6/9/2010 5:04:15 PM

My kids and I have jumped off the lower portion of Chimney Rock for years and I know families that have done it for decades with nary a scratch. I do not allow them to jump off the higher portion nor do they want to. But the lower portion is about the same height as the high diving board at our pool. Climbing up represents the potential for a fall and some bruises and abrasions and if really unlucky you might break a bone. Never seen that happen in all the years we've been going there but I suppose its possible.

The fact is life is filled with risks and while you may not deem the fun of jumping from the rock worth the risk for you or your family you should be more reticent about judging others and describing them as parents that need to jump off the rock themselves. I can assure you on a percentage basis many more kids are injured or killed swimming/skiing in Lake Martin or playing organized sports than have ever been at the rock. I assume you never let your kids swim in the lake or participate in sports, right? I mean they could be injured or worse. You see how you can't apply your standards to others when it comes to reasonable decisions? While I would not let my kids jump off the high ledge hundreds of them do every year without any injury. To me that is not worth the additional risk but apparently to others it is.

I am curious what you hoped to accomplish making your kids watch them pull a dead body from the Marine Police boat. If I didn't want my kids to jump from the rock I would simply tell them it was off limits and that would be that. I also seriously doubt you would make them watch them pull a dead swimmer from the lake and then tell them to go out and have a nice swim. You take reasonable precautions when you allow your children to engage in an activity that entails a certain amount of risk and then deal with the consequences.