I agree that she should have shown at least an attempt at compassion, but she also stated the truth. Most of these guys lived their entire lives here in the valley and probably knew that the conditions were dangerous but went anyway (I mean, with all the fresh powder is’s hard to resist!). I really feel for their families, and especially for the 3 that made it out, but had to leave the others behind due to the severity of the danger. As the mayor, she should have been a bit (ok a LOT) more sympathetic, but I think this has been a huge reality check for the rest of the valley that we are not immune to danger and avalanches just because we are young or because we think it won’t happen to us.
I’m truely sad about what happened and I wish that it hadn’t happened, but we all need to take a step back and second guess some of our own decisions about what we do this winter. Let’s play hard, but play safe.
