NY Times article on mountaineering misadventure

[Tom Rankin]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/us/for-climbers-risks-now-shift-with-every-step.html

 

[Mountain49]

Something to think about.

Thank you for sharing the article.

 

[Chip]

In climbing lore, coming back down the mountain safely is the ultimate measure of a climber’s success, not the number of summits achieved.

I don't hang with a huge number of serious mountaineers, but there aren't a whole lot of "At-a-boys" and back slapping going around when a summit is not achieved, or even the goal, from what I've seen. Sad, but the person who turns back 5 times is not congratulated on any "ultimate success". Hopefully that person knows they made the correct decisions and isn't looking for any notoriety.

 

[Daniel Eagan]

There were two articles on mountaineering danger in the Times that day:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/w...-aftermath-of-deadly-avalanche-in-france.html

 

[John H Swanson]

There were two articles on mountaineering danger in the Times that day:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/w...-aftermath-of-deadly-avalanche-in-france.html

Wow. I've been on that route. Too close to home.