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On 10/15/2024 9:13 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m18quqowx8.fsf@void.com...
> 
> The value to society of seeing where our forebearers scraped a living is
> so very very high.
> So the risks while known are accepted.  Someone somewhere will be in the
> wrong place at the wrong time - but to lose contact with forebearers and
> continuity is a "no way" for our societies.
> ----------------------------------
> 
> I live in a somewhat sparsely populated hilly to mountainous state next 
> to a flat highly urban one whose residents flock here for vacations. 
> Over the weekend the TV ran a warning that hiking in the mountains 
> requires more cold weather preparation than many arrive with, being used 
> to always having warm indoor shelter nearby. Specifically, don't climb 
> in October wearing sneakers or even shorts and sandals. Crosses mark 
> where hikers froze to death in July. Several times I've seen mountain 
> hikers very poorly prepared for the arctic wind and cold and deep snow 
> at altitude while it's sunny and warm where they parked, a few miles 
> away. While descending late in the day in January, equipped as for Mt 
> Everest, we met and escorted back a group of teens struggling uphill 
> through the snow in light jackets and sneakers. Another hiker and I made 
> winter gear and were testing my goose down parka and his snowshoe 
> climbing grips.
> 
> NH mountains aren't particularly high but their weather can be similar 
> to northern Labrador. We don't benefit from Gulf Stream warmth as you 
> do, we get Norwegian cold (-20C) at Italian latitude (42N). Our 
> urbanites have become used to thinking that the world is safe and not 
> staying alert or taking precautions.
> 

   Sounds like a good way to cull the incurably stupid among us ... our 
culture has pretty much eliminated natural selection .
-- 
Snag
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