Reply to 8 Skiers dead after accidental Avalanche in California!

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "8 Skiers dead after accidental Avalanche in California!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nature is harsh. You can prepare and have all the experience and training and equipment in the world but when it becomes man against natural forces - be it fire, water, cold, snow - nature is stronger.

But there is also an incredible amount of reward for spending time in nature and reaping the benefits of the beauty and adventure. Is there a risk - of course. But life has risk and you only live one life. We can all die tomorrow. For those of us who aren't risk adverse, you accept the risk of nature and adventure just like you do every time you get in your car. [/quote]

Growing up without your mom because she wasn't risk adverse and loved nature? I doubt most kids think that's worth the cost. [/quote]

Its a fluke accident. That is why it made the news. Women and yes mothers (and fathers) go into the backcountry and the ocean and other places that have risk - all the time and 99.999% of the time, it all goes well.  Driving a car is still more dangerous. [/quote]

Not a fluke accident at all.[/quote]

Will wait to hear from the survivors about their decision making. I don't believe that the guides, the tour company, and the women were completely indifferent to all the warnings, intentionally ignored all protocols, and deliberately put themselves directly into harms way. [/quote]

They set out on a ski trip on Sunday with warnings of extreme weather approaching. That was a stupid decision. [/quote]

New poster here. I can imagine they felt pressure to participate. Group think is the most dangerous dynamic when assessing risk.  They booked this 9 months ago apparently. I imagine they were excited, spent much energy and time planning it out, and I assume a few of them were pushing harder for it, and the others fell in line and agreed. This happens in all groups.

The biggest lesson is if you feel there’s a risk, bow out - even if it means disappointing your group or losing big money. [/quote]

There was a great book that came out some time in the 90s - I can't find it and it was almost entirely about how dangerous groups of people are in exactly these types of situations. It included anecdotes about the King's Cross tube fire in England in 1987 when people could see people exiting their stations on fire and smoke billowing out but people continued to descend into the station just because other people were. The pressure of group think could have definitely spurned them on. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics