High Rocks By:Baylee Ausmus

Do you think that High Rocks in Gladstone Oregon can be dangerous? If you do (or even of you don’t) I would strongly suggest you read this article.

            To start, there has been a recent worry about high rocks. It is believed to be dangerous because people are jumping off of the rocks and hitting their heads on the rocks below, receiving major injuries, and some are dying. Also, the undertow and currents are bringing people that even know how to swim down, causing them to drown.

            I have been given many ideas on how to solve this issue. No Alcoholic Beverages, More Lifeguards, Paramedics in the area, and a license to swim are some ideas that have been out there. Some people are with this, and some people are against it.

            After looking further into this topic, I have found that while the rocks are open to the public, the lifeguards are on a strict working period. People visit the rocks after hours while there are no lifeguards present. Someone could get seriously injured without help.

            Though it is public property for the most part, I think there should be a closing and opening time that is highly enforced. The dangers of high rocks are exactly that, they’re rocks that are up really high at an odd angle, making it so you’d have to jump out really far to actually get into the water instead of landing on the rocks below.

            There are many reasons that this worry is important, and I hope you think so too.