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As someone who has been seriously injured (broken ribs, etc.) in the past by
trail "vandalism" (not in North Van) I understand the anger. That said,
punishment should be proportional to the offense. I do not know the details of
the "traps" set by these individuals so I can't comment on specifics but here
is an example to think about. Laying branches across a trail is very different
than digging a punji stick laced tiger trap in the landing of on otherwise
untouched large gap jump. The gradient between annoyance and deadly should be
considered in these discussions.
Feb. 11, 2015, 10:02 a.m. - Mark Karlstrand
#!markdown As someone who has been seriously injured (broken ribs, etc.) in the past by trail "vandalism" (not in North Van) I understand the anger. That said, punishment should be proportional to the offense. I do not know the details of the "traps" set by these individuals so I can't comment on specifics but here is an example to think about. Laying branches across a trail is very different than digging a punji stick laced tiger trap in the landing of on otherwise untouched large gap jump. The gradient between annoyance and deadly should be considered in these discussions.