http://14erskiers.com/franksblog/2010/06/life-and-death-in-the-mountains-we-lost-another-one/ Frank Konsella's Backcountry Skiing and Biking Blog Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://14erskiers.com/franksblog/2010/06/life-and-death-in-the-mountains-we-lost-another-one/comment-page-1/#comment-510 tony s. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:48:00 +0000 http://14erskiers.com/franksblog/?p=1244#comment-510 Frank, think of it like this. It all comes down to rolling the dice with "objective hazard". We each have whatever allotment of time we are given for time spent with such dangers. Every man with great objectives and ambitions in the mountains has to roll those dice and be comfortable with what Hemmingway understood as the price of the "three only true sports". It sucks to admit some times, but the cost is often beyond our control, completely at the whim of fate and the inhumane elements of nature. What world would we have if we didn't have those willing to accept that destiny and to pay that price? Frank, think of it like this. It all comes down to rolling the dice with “objective hazard”. We each have whatever allotment of time we are given for time spent with such dangers. Every man with great objectives and ambitions in the mountains has to roll those dice and be comfortable with what Hemmingway understood as the price of the “three only true sports”. It sucks to admit some times, but the cost is often beyond our control, completely at the whim of fate and the inhumane elements of nature. What world would we have if we didn’t have those willing to accept that destiny and to pay that price?

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