Re: FWIW first welding job, 2 years on

"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> writes:

"Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m18quqowx8.fsf@void.com...
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The value to society of seeing where our forebearers scraped a living is
so very very high.
So the risks while known are accepted.  Someone somewhere will be in the
wrong place at the wrong time - but to lose contact with forebearers and
continuity is a "no way" for our societies.
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I live in a somewhat sparsely populated hilly to mountainous state
next to a flat highly urban one whose residents flock here for
vacations. Over the weekend the TV ran a warning that hiking in the
mountains requires more cold weather preparation than many arrive
with, being used to always having warm indoor shelter
nearby. Specifically, don't climb in October wearing sneakers or even
shorts and sandals. Crosses mark where hikers froze to death in
July. Several times I've seen mountain hikers very poorly prepared for
the arctic wind and cold and deep snow at altitude while it's sunny
and warm where they parked, a few miles away. While descending late in
the day in January, equipped as for Mt Everest, we met and escorted
back a group of teens struggling uphill through the snow in light
jackets and sneakers. Another hiker and I made winter gear and were
testing my goose down parka and his snowshoe climbing grips.
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NH mountains aren't particularly high but their weather can be similar
to northern Labrador. We don't benefit from Gulf Stream warmth as you
do, we get Norwegian cold (-20C) at Italian latitude (42N). Our
urbanites have become used to thinking that the world is safe and not
staying alert or taking precautions.

From where I come from in the Pennines in Northern England - "nothing"
by continental standards - the local mountain rescue cheerfully lists
"popular" ways people get in a mess and/or come by mishaps.