Jonathan wrote: >http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/01/21/experienced_climber_dies_on_mount_washington/ >(I know that neither a widow nor a city reporter can be expected to be >either insightful or accurate after an avalanche death, but still, this has >some passages that are exceptionally . .. uh, exceptional.) Her statements are one form of coping mechanism after the death of a loved one. The problem with an article like this is when other equally unknowing folks rationalize their decisions based on the false factoid of the Odell's slide being a "...freak accident". -marc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html