I’m sorry for the loss of your friend

Also, I hope your scans are clear

I think it is a matter of integrity.  On one hand he did a noble thing and saved lives, on the other he advocated for things that destroy a person’s soul and leads to spiritual death.

a big plus one on the clear scans!

Recent article about the ranger.

Recent rescue

I'm very sorry about your friends.

I apologize if I offended you or anyone else.

Disagreeing with someone's life choices is one thing. Saying personally derogatory things about them on a public forum is another. I would also call that behavior un-christian.

Lol

Looks like one of those routes  where no move is too hard, technically, but the consequences for a slip are catastrophic. You could try to climb a route like that with ice screws and snow anchors every twenty feet and a belay, but it would likely be more dangerous than just simul-climbing with an occasional running belay due to the increase in risk the longer you stay on that big, exposed slope.

Sad.

Not my friend, I knew Robbi as one of the officers I represent. I knew Robbi’s professional record and despite what people would think of Robbi’s choices, the dedication could not be questioned, nor could the souls still with us. I’ll give props where do.

And my wife just called and the scans were uploaded to the portal and are clean. You guys are stuck with me for awhile longer.

I guess one of the reasons I got pissed is a semblance of survivor’s guilt. I’ve never risked my life to save another’s. Here I am and people who have done more than me don’t get the break I apparently did. Can’t stop thinking about Robbi’s daughter. Life has to be hard enough when adult’s make choices that kids can’t understand and may face ridicule for. Throw in your dad dies and people are dismissing it because of something they don’t agree with and dismiss the contributions the person made to society.

You obviously don’t get what happened. You really should just see yourself to the door.

You haven’t added a single bit of credibility and have done nothing but attack. I think the only summit you have is climbing from the basement to the kitchen when mom failed to bring you Cheetos and mountain dew.

Mountain climbing at best is still extremely dangerous. You cannot eliminate the possibility of dying up there no matter how good you are or how experienced you are. There's always x percent probability that something unexpected will happen and snuff out your life instantly, and there won't be a thing you can do about it.
I used to have a close friend that loved climbing big walls, like you see in yosemite. On one climb in the Andes they were on a wall, and he looked up and saw a ping pong ball sized rock falling towards him from way up above. As it got closer and closer, it became apparent that that little rock was the size of a box car. It missed him literally by a few inches. Not for me, thanks.

very glad to hear your scans are clear.

Everybody is different. Some people need to do things with so called increased risk. It is ingrained in their being. I have always felt sorry for the kids that lose parents. They have no choices in that.

But people die driving to work, stepping off a curb and shopping at the mall. Risk is relative but risk is also everywhere in everything, I feel very lucky to have survived the things I have done, but none of us really get a choice in when we leave this life. You can think you are mitigating all risk in life, take the safe course, and die of a massive heart attack early in life simply from genetics. There really is no such thing as no risk. Life is risk and when we go, unless by our own hand, it is not our choice. I am not even sure how we choose to live life is a choice. Sure we all make decisions, but are they really choices.