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To: DFG

While I have ~ZERO~ desire to ever become a mountaineer, and for the vast majority of people who attempt these climbs are foolhardy at best, she knew going in what the dangers were, and all associated risks. We can pray for her, but to send anyone else without a good degree of certainty of rescue is also foolhardy.


3 posted on 08/23/2025 12:28:21 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Spacetrucker

Yeah. It also speaks to my feelings about the “no man left behind” attitude of some military people. I don’t get the idea of risking a man’s life to recover a confirmed dead body. Reminds me of that scene with the sniper in Full Metal Jacket. And yeah, I know the guy wasn’t already dead, but still...


6 posted on 08/23/2025 12:36:31 PM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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