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Did Social Media Habits Contribute to Woman’s Death?

#11
Zinjanthropos Online
(Jan 18, 2021 05:23 AM)Secular Sanity Wrote: They said that she was not fully equipped to spend the night but there are plenty of day hikes. The hike to St. Mark's Summit is about a 5 hour rountrip. They didn’t say that her battery was dead. They said that she lost connection. She could have lost connection if and when she slipped.

My S-I-L knows the part of BC quite well. Not the first time someone has got lost in there and didn't make it out. But if you want to paint her as a victim of an unfortunate set of circumstances and that she was wise traveling 3000km during Covid lockdowns to traverse a dangerous mountainside by her lonesome then so be it. The incident is laced with all sorts of dumbness even if you take the phone out of the equation. As for you, be careful on those solo hikes and watch out for a hayseed banjo player with bad teeth. You pack heat when you feel the urge to risk take?
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(Jan 18, 2021 06:30 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: As for you, be careful on those solo hikes and watch out for a hayseed banjo player with bad teeth. You pack heat when you feel the urge to risk take?

It depends on the area. And as for you, ditto. Wouldn’t want you to have to hear, "He's got a real pretty mouth, ain't he?"
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(Jan 18, 2021 06:30 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [...] The incident is laced with all sorts of dumbness even if you take the phone out of the equation. ...


This would clinch the topic title if THAT was literally/specifically what she was trying to do as opposed to the authorities dispensing another generalization of the many going there.

"Classically if you go down off the ridge crest anywhere along here, there’s a lot of steep gullies and drainages and it could be quite slippery and icy at the top," Don Jardine, another search manager, told CTV News at the time.

[...] McMordie said the number of calls related to hikers hoping to capture the perfect shot for Instagram is alarming.

“Doesn’t really matter how many photos they take, but sure would be nice if they went equipped and prepared," he said, adding that some hikers' lack of experience often leads them to trails that are too difficult for them to complete.

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Zinjanthropos Online
(Jan 18, 2021 06:52 PM)C C Wrote:
(Jan 18, 2021 06:30 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [...] The incident is laced with all sorts of dumbness even if you take the phone out of the equation. ...


This would clinch the topic title if THAT was literally/specifically what she was trying to do as opposed to the authorities dispensing another generalization of the many going there.

"Classically if you go down off the ridge crest anywhere along here, there’s a lot of steep gullies and drainages and it could be quite slippery and icy at the top," Don Jardine, another search manager, told CTV News at the time.

[...] McMordie said the number of calls related to hikers hoping to capture the perfect shot for Instagram is alarming.

“Doesn’t really matter how many photos they take, but sure would be nice if they went equipped and prepared," he said, adding that some hikers' lack of experience often leads them to trails that are too difficult for them to complete.


Judging by your highlighted section Id say they probably know more than they're telling. Another question is: How dumb is the BF or how bad was he at persuading her to not be stupid and stay home? If he advocated the decision is he partially to blame? Maybe he didn't love her enough to care.
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(Jan 18, 2021 06:59 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [...] Another question is: How dumb is the BF or how bad was he at persuading her to not be stupid and stay home? If he advocated the decision is he partially to blame? Maybe he didn't love her enough to care.


She might have rejected it as paternalism. Never mind that vice-versa takes place; and I have witnessed (as a third party onlooker) times when man tried to persuade other man to not take a risk when both weren't drunk or high at the same time.

Or BF might have thought she was as experienced at _X_ as in other areas. In contrast to a scared newbie, the competent veterans of a "skill" can on rare occasions have an accident because they get overconfident in their abilities, especially in terms of being able to compensate for neglected precautions, and gear/items they forget.

She said Donnelly is passionate about solo travelling and described her as someone who's outgoing and inspirational.

"She'd just love to go to places by herself. It helped her find a sense of joy, and basically, just find herself, just explore different situations and obstacles that she could overcome by herself," Morvan said.

Donnelly was an avid skier and snowboarder, according to Morvan, who was unsure about Donnelly’s experience snowshoeing in the backcountry.

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I guess I can’t really defend her because her Instagram page made her appear more experienced than she actually was. An interesting little twist is that she was stealing other people’s photos and posting them as her own. One shows her ice climbing and she said, "Almost died ice climbing, but 10/10 would recommend." It was taken by Leah Horstman of skilled climbers scaling the frozen Upper Falls of Johnston Canyon in Banff. It was in this photo contest. There’s another one taken from Nick Grant’s Instagram page and she said, "The pro of backcountry skiing is no ski lift wait time. The con...there’s no ski lift."

Odd, but just people being people, I suppose.
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