8 Skiers dead after accidental Avalanche in California!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

[Anonymous]

Wow, nice exclamation point, OP! Hot off the press! Human suffering, ripe for consumption! Tragedy Vultures have fresh meat! Ghouls get off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And how does this affect anyone in DC?

You don’t care about your countrymen?

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Can’t wait to hear the explanations from the survivors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well they were experienced skiers who took this trip before. Maybe it was group think that since they had guides and they knew the area they thought it would be ok. It's just sad.

Wasn't the avalanche warning issued before they left? If so, irresponsible by all involved.

Yez

[Anonymous]

Wow some of you have no empathy. We all do stupid things sometimes.

At this point we don’t know what they knew, why they made the choices they made, etc. Maybe did make a careless choice. It’s still really sad and I feel for their loved ones.

[Anonymous]

Never mess with Mother Nature

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well they were experienced skiers who took this trip before. Maybe it was group think that since they had guides and they knew the area they thought it would be ok. It's just sad.

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It is a horrible accident and as humans we should feel very sorry for the loss of lives. Yes, it could have been prevented but maybe there is a sense of security when going in a group and people can collectively make a wrong decision? Also, this kind of stuff scares us so much that we start victim-blaming because we feel that it will prevent us from making similar mistakes. We are all reacting to bystander trauma.

Sometimes people make mistakes. A few days ago, DH and I ventured into the mountains even though we were getting snowstorm warnings. We are rational and risk-averse people. We convinced ourselves that we could go for a short drive and come back before the weather became hazardous. So we went for a drive. It was beautiful and hypnotic. I suddenly got very scared that we may get stuck in the mountains because of icy conditions and it would be absolutely humiliating if we would have to be rescued. Guess what? Forget being rescued, no one even knew where we were or where we were going. If we would have gone missing, no one would even have known that we were missing forget about rescuing us for days. We turned back. After seeing this horrible news, I will never take such risks ever again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow some of you have no empathy. We all do stupid things sometimes.

At this point we don’t know what they knew, why they made the choices they made, etc. Maybe did make a careless choice. It’s still really sad and I feel for their loved ones.

They had a week's notice. No, we don't all ignore warnings for dangerous thrills.

[Anonymous]

The guide operator has spoken out.

The group of moms were from Mill Valley.

https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/tour-company-tahoe-avalanche-21362679.php

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The Skiing forum on Reddit has all the latest details

https://www.reddit.com/r/skiing/s/aSbKPTRcMK

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This awful event took place on the anniversary of the rescue of the few surviving members of the Donner Party. (That’s something every California school child learns about.)

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well they were experienced skiers who took this trip before. Maybe it was group think that since they had guides and they knew the area they thought it would be ok. It's just sad. [/quote]

+ 1
It is a horrible accident and as humans we should feel very sorry for the loss of lives. Yes, it could have been prevented but maybe there is a sense of security when going in a group and people can collectively make a wrong decision? Also, this kind of stuff scares us so much that we start victim-blaming because we feel that it will prevent us from making similar mistakes. We are all reacting to bystander trauma.

Sometimes people make mistakes. A few days ago, DH and I ventured into the mountains even though we were getting snowstorm warnings. We are rational and risk-averse people. We convinced ourselves that we could go for a short drive and come back before the weather became hazardous. So we went for a drive. It was beautiful and hypnotic. I suddenly got very scared that we may get stuck in the mountains because of icy conditions and it would be absolutely humiliating if we would have to be rescued. Guess what? Forget being rescued, no one even knew where we were or where we were going. If we would have gone missing, no one would even have known that we were missing forget about rescuing us for days. We turned back. After seeing this horrible news, I will never take such risks ever again. [/quote]

Like the Kim family years ago in the PNW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow some of you have no empathy. We all do stupid things sometimes.

At this point we don’t know what they knew, why they made the choices they made, etc. Maybe did make a careless choice. It’s still really sad and I feel for their loved ones.

Like sending your kids to a camp in a flood zone. Stupid things like that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well they were experienced skiers who took this trip before. Maybe it was group think that since they had guides and they knew the area they thought it would be ok. It's just sad.

+ 1
It is a horrible accident and as humans we should feel very sorry for the loss of lives. Yes, it could have been prevented but maybe there is a sense of security when going in a group and people can collectively make a wrong decision? Also, this kind of stuff scares us so much that we start victim-blaming because we feel that it will prevent us from making similar mistakes. We are all reacting to bystander trauma.

Sometimes people make mistakes. A few days ago, DH and I ventured into the mountains even though we were getting snowstorm warnings. We are rational and risk-averse people. We convinced ourselves that we could go for a short drive and come back before the weather became hazardous. So we went for a drive. It was beautiful and hypnotic. I suddenly got very scared that we may get stuck in the mountains because of icy conditions and it would be absolutely humiliating if we would have to be rescued. Guess what? Forget being rescued, no one even knew where we were or where we were going. If we would have gone missing, no one would even have known that we were missing forget about rescuing us for days. We turned back. After seeing this horrible news, I will never take such risks ever again.

Like the Kim family years ago in the PNW.

Yup. You have zero idea how quickly things can go horribly wrong.