[pct-l] enabling risky behavior

[Trail90]

David Hough on pct-l wrote:
> So a question for you to ponder - was I enabling a once-in-a-lifetime
> youthful adventure or a possible catastrophe? 
It seems to me he is determined to do it whether or not you provided any 
assistance

Some people are looking to test their limits risk be dammed.

Most people say Canyoneering is risky, I say it is risky but I manage 
that risk... I look back on what I've done in the past and now say that 
was stupid, I could have been killed. There are many things I'd never do 
now without a rope, it is just too risky...

I have other friends who seem to think if you are using a rope it is 
risky, but do insane free climbs with death defying exposures.
>    What would John Muir
> have done?    He generally didn't encourage other people to take exactly
> the same kinds of risks he was willing to undertake alone.
>   

WWJMD?
Good question

I think you did the right thing, he'll have time to ponder it, perhaps 
he'll turn back, perhaps he'll push on and make it, perhaps he'll not 
make it.

It isn't your responsibility,  he'll certainly look back on it some day 
and say "I could have been killed!"

Regards
Trail90