From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "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.   
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   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)