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Originally Posted by chipj29
Glad to hear your friend made it out OK BI.
However, you talk about people getting themselves into hot water through their own stupidity. Now define stupidity. The reason I say that, is that some people may consider what Hannah did, to be stupid. Adventurous..absolutely. But is it the smartest thing one could do?
My point is this...what may seem stupid to me may not seem stupid to you.
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I see your point, and there can be a rare borderline case. In most situations the answer is pretty black and white.
1. Did the members of the party have the appropriate clothing and equipment for the conditions they might experience.
2. Did at least one member of the party have training and experience in those conditions.
3. Were plans made in advance for dealing with injury, bad weather etc.
4. Did they bring communications?
When a group starts up Mount Washington without map, coats, cell phone or compass and they fail to turn around when the weather turns bad, then they are the idiots we speak of.
The other end of that spectrum is Hannah.
Consider also that Hannah made one mistake, the fall. Usually the idiots make a long string of them before rescue operations begin.