8 Skiers dead after accidental Avalanche in California!

[Anonymous]

Thoughts and prayers are with all the grieving families at this time.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm heartbroken for their families but also angry because they didn't just risk their lives but also the lives of the people who went out looking for them. Incredibly irresponsible. I was honestly shocked to learn they were mainly women and mothers. We're usually not the risk takers.

This stood out to me too. Did not expect it to be a group of middle aged moms.

Maybe that’s because prejudice=ignorance

I thought we all learned that in preschool but I guess not.

Prejudice to think middle aged moms would have more commonsense than these middle aged women?

Yeah - when you are a parent you have a responsibility not to take unnecessary risks with your life. Not dying is your number one job.

Plus million

Affluent risktakers who thought they could beat the weather odds.

yep

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[Anonymous]

They have a rich kids private school & ski program where the Donner Party died? WTF?

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Anonymous wrote:They have a rich kids private school & ski program where the Donner Party died? WTF?

There's also a USGS station there. Are you offended by that too?

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Anonymous wrote:They have a rich kids private school & ski program where the Donner Party died? WTF?

There's also a USGS station there. Are you offended by that too?

Perhaps people should pay attention to weather info and warnings. If they choose not to do so, then so be it. We're free.to make stupid choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When our daughter was a teen she had a ski jacket made by Rossignol, that came with an alert system embedded in the jacket. The system was called "Recco." Ski rescue personnel could pick up a signal from the jacket in the event the wearer was buried under an avalanche. Trying to say the technology is out there, likely far superior to the technology a decade and more ago.

This is an FYI. Very sad about these women.

You can survive about three minutes without air. That system will help you recover bodies.

[Anonymous]

Why did their husband's agree to let them go on these types of trips? So foolish.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did their husband's agree to let them go on these types of trips? So foolish.

Have you ever tried telling a woman what to do?

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Anonymous wrote:But people keep insisting climate change isn’t real. Despite the avalanche of evidence. Pun intended.

All I know is we never had avalanches like this 20 years ago.

Uh, avalanches have been a thing for thousands of years. You’re going to pull a muscle trying to stretch this far.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did their husband's agree to let them go on these types of trips? So foolish.

Have you ever tried telling a woman what to do?

A woman with commonsense and the intelligence to take a look at weather reports would not need to be told.

[Anonymous]

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/child-killed-after-getting-caught-in-avalanche-near-brighton-ski-resort

an 11 year in Utah was just just killed while backcountry skiing with her family.

[Anonymous]

They were high achievers, top tier athletes and exceptional skiers.

Many were part of a ski group that would meet together for skiing going back to their time at Stanford.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15577417/tahoe-avalanche-victims-named-california.html

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Anonymous wrote:They were high achievers, top tier athletes and exceptional skiers.

Many were part of a ski group that would meet together for skiing going back to their time at Stanford.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15577417/tahoe-avalanche-victims-named-california.html

Smart in some ways but risk-takers who thought they could defy Mother Nature.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm heartbroken for their families but also angry because they didn't just risk their lives but also the lives of the people who went out looking for them. Incredibly irresponsible. I was honestly shocked to learn they were mainly women and mothers. We're usually not the risk takers.

Yeah, it's very sad, but I think it's selfish to take extreme risks when you have kids. Felt the same way about the guy who climbed the building for a Netflix show.

I actually disagree. I have listened to Alex Honnold, guy who free solos, talk about risk numerous times. From his perspective people think what he dose is insane just because it isn't more mainstream and a lot of people aren't doing it, but these people are somehow ok with things like ski racing or skiing in general which are also very risky because they are more mainstream. We all do things that are risky. People are killed every day driving, cycling (feel like cyclist have a huge chance of death) , skiing and doing 100 other things.

Also in terms of Alex Honnold; he doesn't just wake up and free solo something. The amount of training and preparation he does leading up to these thing is incredible. Sure it doesn't remove all risk, but he is also far from careless.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm heartbroken for their families but also angry because they didn't just risk their lives but also the lives of the people who went out looking for them. Incredibly irresponsible. I was honestly shocked to learn they were mainly women and mothers. We're usually not the risk takers.

Yeah, it's very sad, but I think it's selfish to take extreme risks when you have kids. Felt the same way about the guy who climbed the building for a Netflix show.

I actually disagree. I have listened to Alex Honnold, guy who free solos, talk about risk numerous times. From his perspective people think what he dose is insane just because it isn't more mainstream and a lot of people aren't doing it, but these people are somehow ok with things like ski racing or skiing in general which are also very risky because they are more mainstream. We all do things that are risky. People are killed every day driving, cycling (feel like cyclist have a huge chance of death) , skiing and doing 100 other things.

Also in terms of Alex Honnold; he doesn't just wake up and free solo something. The amount of training and preparation he does leading up to these thing is incredible. Sure it doesn't remove all risk, but he is also far from careless.

Pitiful excuses. These are parents who don't need to take risks doing extreme sports when they have young children. And, no, we all are NOT engaging in extremely risky behavior.