In reply to steveshaking:
I'm the guy who posted the link to the Human Factor. I'm mostly into ski-touring/expeditions in winter so avalanche issues are important to me & I keep an eye on posts about the Ben in case there's a chance to get up there although usually it's easier for me to get to the Alps.
I think those of you who have expressed your interest in finding a forum for useful debate on this and other issues are right to be concerned about the way UKC threads so often degenerate into a lot of useless name-calling.
That encourages the tendency to put accidents down to bad luck. "Accidents happen" and "standing up" for the victims is often presented as a reason not to scrutinise the behaviour that led to such accidents.
At it's worst there is a certain pride in having epics that is really worrying when all the studies show that the heuristic traps that lead to bad decision making are responsible for most accidents. For example, around 95% of all avalanches involving death or injury to the victim are triggered by that victim.
I'm out of the country a lot but I might visit UKC more often if debates were conducted in a more useful manner so good luck to those calling for a reform of at least some part of UKC.