Comments on: Epic Evening at 5 Points Film Festival http://www.wildsnow.com/1831/movie-review-5-points-film-festival/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:35:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: OLDDUDE http://www.wildsnow.com/1831/movie-review-5-points-film-festival/#comment-15855 OLDDUDE Mon, 18 May 2009 15:28:14 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1831#comment-15855 <a href="http://gravsports.blogspot.com/2009/04/shane-mcconkey-focus.html" rel="nofollow">This</a> is worth reading re this discussion. This is worth reading re this discussion.

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1831/movie-review-5-points-film-festival/#comment-15854 Lou Mon, 18 May 2009 15:04:55 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1831#comment-15854 Good point North.Bend. Good point North.Bend.

]]> By: NORTH.BEND http://www.wildsnow.com/1831/movie-review-5-points-film-festival/#comment-15853 NORTH.BEND Mon, 18 May 2009 14:58:44 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1831#comment-15853 Just a reminder that a bad day of base jumping is, essentially, the end of your life. I can have a bad day of skiing, hiking, mountain biking and still make it home. Just a reminder that a bad day of base jumping is, essentially, the end of your life.

I can have a bad day of skiing, hiking, mountain biking and still make it home.

]]> By: Randonnee http://www.wildsnow.com/1831/movie-review-5-points-film-festival/#comment-15849 Randonnee Sun, 17 May 2009 01:41:33 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1831#comment-15849 Yup, thats what I'm sayin= "Still, the risk needs to be evaluated by the individual, not society." Agreed, death-sports enthusiasts should pull their head out of their fourth point of contact and consider the consequences aside from their brief and transient cheap thrill. I have never advocated legislating to control risky choices, I have just argued for sober, adult consideration of risk and consequences. Personally, I hopefully have enough coverage and resources for my family to weather an accident, but I do not intend to ever get injured in the least and make decisions accordingly. This conservative approach has worked for 30 years and thousands of days' skiing on avalanche terrain. The discussion of cost matters only because society subsidizes healthcare whether one pays for insurance or otherwise is covered for healthcare costs. No enmity intended here, but if someone has a million bucks in the bank to pay their lifetime healthcare costs fine with me if they choose to huck their meat and get busted up or killed. Perhaps it that would indeed improve the gene pool. Yup, thats what I’m sayin= “Still, the risk needs to be evaluated by the individual, not society.” Agreed, death-sports enthusiasts should pull their head out of their fourth point of contact and consider the consequences aside from their brief and transient cheap thrill. I have never advocated legislating to control risky choices, I have just argued for sober, adult consideration of risk and consequences. Personally, I hopefully have enough coverage and resources for my family to weather an accident, but I do not intend to ever get injured in the least and make decisions accordingly. This conservative approach has worked for 30 years and thousands of days’ skiing on avalanche terrain.

The discussion of cost matters only because society subsidizes healthcare whether one pays for insurance or otherwise is covered for healthcare costs. No enmity intended here, but if someone has a million bucks in the bank to pay their lifetime healthcare costs fine with me if they choose to huck their meat and get busted up or killed. Perhaps it that would indeed improve the gene pool.

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