Corner crossing had lingered in legal limbo until Cape and his companions were charged with trespassing in 2021 and sued by Eshelman in 2022. Show meBorn in 1971, in Rolla, Missouri, Cape graduated from Steelville High School in 1989, according to his obituary at Britton-Bennett Funeral Home. Brad CapeThe legal cloud over corner crossing deterred access to 2.4 million acres of public land in Wyoming and some 8.3 million acres across the West. By blocking public access, private landowners can treat public land as their own, public-access advocates assert. Back in Missouri, Cape and the others built a light stile they used in 2021 to climb over the T-post obstacle.