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Easy access to a high-risk environment is a significant element of this story. Two lift trips to an expert ski area run is a low barrier, several hours of hiki
by dmckeon 14y ago
Easy access to a high-risk environment is a significant element of
this story. Two lift trips to an expert ski area run is a low
barrier, several hours of hiking/showshoeing to a backcountry run is
a much higher barrier.
When only two lift trips and a warning sign are the barrier to a
backcountry run, we should not be surprised that people who might be
reluctant to spend several hours working hard to get to the top of a
risky run choose to accept a risk that they might not fully understand.
- JabavuAdams 14y agoIt's possible, but it could also work the other way around. There may be significant pressure to "Go" if it takes a while to get to the destination, and you have misgivings only at the destination. I.e. sunk-cost fallacy -- we hiked for days to get here, and it looks a bit iffy, but we're not turning back now...
- grogenaut 14y agoIn several places like the top of 9990 at the canyons they have "You Will Die" signs http://parkcity.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dutch-Draw-1-14-05-9990-gate.jpg http://parkcity.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dutch-Draw-1-1.... Jackson Hole's Sign: http://gallery.uberu.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4180&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 http://gallery.uberu.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4180&g2_imag.... If you can't understand what these signs say, I don't know what other help you can get. Usually there are lots of other scary "Experts Only" signs on the lifts that get you to these points. They scare the cr*p outta me and I've been boarding for 18 years. Also, as the article says, it's national forest on the other side of those rope lines. It's not illegal in many places to cross.