Patience with Mother Nature

LETTERS: For the week of Jan 31

“They were a group of experienced backcountry skiers.”
“They had all the equipment that they’re supposed to have.”
“They had emergency beacons to be able to call for help” … and finally the quote: “Unfortunately, even with that, this person died in this avalanche.”
The above statements have been said over and over in past years, usually whenever another unfortunate person loses their life in an avalanche. As if being equipped with beacons, probes, ABS-packs and shovel would make an avalanche stop itself from burying you!…

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February 2, 2019

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