In reply to Anonymous:
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> Think before you speak in times like this
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>I did think, and I stand by what I said. This does not diminish in any way any regret or sadness I might feel at the death of these young climbers. To infer that their deaths have somthing to do with the malevolence of a given crag or with the 'bad omens' (as another poster would have it)in that particular corrie, is not something I would expect to find among the climbing fraternity.
We all have choices to make in this game of ours and these boys all made such choices - Now before I am accused of apportioning blame - I'm not,I'm simply saying that if we make choices that are wrong for us then we weigh the odds in favour of a bad outcome.
I soloed The Runnel in that corrie in mid December on a beautiful,sunny,windless day when everything was solid, no chance of avalanche no cornices going to cut loose. - Same Corrie - That was my choice, had things been otherwise I would not have done it. We all have such choices to make every time we go into the mountains - I make mine you make yours - and we all try as best we can to keep the balance in our favour.
Charlie