There’s a fine line between learning from the mistakes of others and shaming people for their ignorance.
Doug Chabot with the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center ascends Henderson Mountain in the Beartooth Mountains, Jan 29, 2024 near Cooke City, Mont. Chabot was climbing to the site of a recent avalanche. . He was killed in early March despite deploying an airbag that kept him from being buried. On average, 27 people die in avalanches in the United States each year.
The discussion also takes place on social media, where anonymity seems to increase the vitriol of commentators. I bet these kinds of conversations take place in every mountain town where avalanches are a winter hazard. He said it was too easy for us to examine an incident with hindsight and conclude that we would never make the same mistakes. Knowing the outcome prejudices are our opinions.
All of us are driven by something that colors our perceptions and decisions — something that in hindsight can look really stupid. Their partners and the rescuers on the scene may be traumatized. Families and friends are grieving. Analyzing their story is not just an abstract examination of a chain of events. It’s an examination of lives that were forever changed during a beautiful day on the snow that turned into a tragedy.
Molly Absolon is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. She writes about the outdoors from her home in Victor, Idaho.Let’s just say CU Buffs guard Jaylyn Sherrod’s third foul call against Hawkeyes, Caitlin Clark was … curious
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