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In many incidents, people are completely misinformed on the degree of risk, or woefully unprepared, which does strike me as tragic. E.g. happy family who takes
by ip26 4y ago
In many incidents, people are completely misinformed on the degree of risk, or woefully unprepared, which does strike me as tragic. E.g. happy family who takes a pleasant hike a few miles from the car, except they weren’t thinking about the fact it was August in Utah and they only brought 8oz of water.
It’s also evident in her story about getting caught by the river. She thought, I’m not going to do anything crazy like those climbers- and then did something that seemed innocent but was actually far more dangerous.
- giantg2 4y agoI think she had fair warning. The story states that the ranger told her that statistically one of them would die that summer. Sure they didn't enumerate all the possible dangers, but who could? It's a wilderness or near wilderness setting with innumerable risks and scenarios. Simply saying it's so dangerous that one of you should die this summer should be sufficient for someone to then do their own research and take precautions given that the total risks of the area can't be covered.
- ip26 4y agoShe was young and assumed it was the mountain climbers who were at risk. Is that her own fault? Yes. Would it still be tragic if youthful hubris & ignorance took her life in a senseless accident? Also yes.
- giantg2 4y agoI mean, if you want to be technical, anything involving death is tragic. That doesn't also mean I that I feel sorry or sad for them.