[cmccuist]

This is where you earn your money. Because the consequences of failure are death. If a guy is haning off the side of a mountain, or you have to bivouac because of weather, you don't know how that guy is going to react. It's a huge responsibility.

I know that improvements have been made in equipment and communications and weather forecasting, but ultimately, it's just a couple of guys very far away from civilization.

That's what happens all too often, even on smaller mountains.

Craig