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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Kenny Rogers

Know when to walk away and know when to run—Kenny Rogers

In light of the recent avalanche at Loveland Pass, discussed here on Teton Gravity Research, maybe avalanche education should focus entirely on teaching people when to walk away. But maybe that's not really enough. Maybe avalanche education already tries to teach people when to walk away.

Maybe avalanche education needs to teach people how to walk away.