[pct-l] risk

[calliger@infolane.com (Richard Calliger)]

Nope!

After 30 years of mountaineering it is not the risk that makes
it interesting-- or attaining the summit......as y'all said below...
(allbeit some people go for the thrill of victory!)

It is the process-- the journey!! and being smart/clever/prepared
to avoid the dangers of death on the mountain and still enjoy the
journey to meet **our** goals!

For example, the good Dr left for his own reasons, made his own
choices and presumabley was sufficiently skilled to carry them out.

He is dead. Who are we to criticize? 

Rich



..At 08:06 AM 2/26/02 -0800, Reynolds, WT wrote:
>RE: We were all equally prepared with all the necessary 
>gear, but here the willingness to take risks inherent in the sport of 
>mountaineering made  all the difference as our party.......
>
>......died in a stupid attempt to reach an artificial goal selected solely
>based on the inflated ego of the participants.  To such we honor with
>"Darwin Awards" in honor of their contribution to the advancement of the
>human gene pool.
>
>For some the enjoyment is the danger, for others it is reaching the goal and
>for some just being there is reason enough.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CMountainDave@aol.com [mailto:CMountainDave@aol.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:17 AM
>To: pct-l@backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] risk
>
>
>I  say those who constanly seek to minimize risk will be quite reluctant to 
>taking risk when the need arises to reach a goal. Once, while climbing Sloan
>
>Peak in the Casades, we met a party that turned back because of intermittent
>
>fog, (which later cleared). Then we met a party of Mountaineers who were 
>leaving - they didn't want to go up a moderately steep snow slope because it
>
>descended to a cliff. We were all equally prepared with all the necessary 
>gear, but here the willingness to take risks inherent in the sport of 
>mountaineering made  all the difference as our party made the summit. The 
>others presumably went on in search of more excuses to not reach a summit
>   
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