From: jrw@aracnet.com   
      
   On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:07:30 -0800, "gatt"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Larry Caldwell"  wrote in message   
   >news:1165601435.772933.325470@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >>>    We lose about 100 people per day in traffic accidents in the U.S.   
   >>> Part of those 100 made fatal mistakes.  Kim isn't much different than   
   >>> them.  His mistakes just took longer.   
   >>   
   >> It's easy to second guess decisions, but we all end up in the weeds   
   >> once in a while.   
   >   
   >Larry, I'm of the opinion that a few people posting on this thread haven't   
   >even actually seen the type of road and terrain we're talking about.  Lot of   
   >talk about faggots, gangs, Twin Towers, welfare, malls, Wal-Mart, traffic   
   >accidents and bad neighborhoods.     These are the exact things I bet   
   >you -don't- think about when you're putting on your snow tires in November   
   >or working your way over Stagecoach Pass.   
      
   Agreed.  I'm coming late to this thread, but I can sure see the   
   sequence of events spiralling out of control for people who aren't   
   familiar with this sort of road or this sort of terrain (and I'm   
   familiar with this road from the Galice/Agness side).   
      
   Poor choices out of ignorance of the conditions.  Sad, but real.  I'll   
   add another road to the list, just up here on Hood--Lolo Pass.   
      
      
   >   
   >> I just hate to see something like this happen.  I hate it.   
   >   
   >Yeah, me too. He made mistakes and he paid for them with his own life   
   >because he was trying to help his family, but there's no indication that he   
   >didn't do the very best he knew how to do. That's the essense of humanity.   
      
   Yep.   
      
   >   
   >>What we do know is that a simple emergency road kit would have turned a   
   >>fatal situation into an   
   >> adventure.   
   >   
   >Hell, he almost didn't even need that.  All he had to do was stay put and   
   >keep the stoking that fire.   
      
   Yep.  This incident reminded me that it's prolly a dang good idea to   
   make sure there's a couple of lighters--or, at least, some waterproof   
   matches--in my Subie for winter.   
      
   jrw   
      
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