I am not making this up
On the Noland Trail in Newport News, VA, there are tree roots marked with Day-glo paint so you will not trip and hurt your self. Has anyone seen this elsewhere?
Reminds me once of an explanation I once got from an attorney regarding an older lady who tripped on a crack in the sidewalk at a mall. The crux of the legal case in the eyes of a jury might be this: a huge crack any fool could see, a tiny crack would be a fake excuse and gold-digging, but a crack just right would be a possible cause of her tripping and a case of negligent maintenance.
Can you imagine the Whitney Trail or the JMT someday having all its rocks painted? even the teeny ones like these roots:
