He was very experienced (years), a good outdoorsman, an avalanche expert, and had all the right gear. But sometimes even all that isn’t enough. Poor guy.
Unfortunate, but at that level of recreational risk, such eventual results are at least somewhat to be expected.
Dynamite is Your Friend here. Or those cannon or howitzer methods used at ski slopes.
Sometimes it’s not enough is right. I did my avalanche rescue course in the infantry, and basically if you’re caught in one it’s game over. Even if you test the snow pack, things can happen.
Evidence to the contrary.