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. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: OLDDUDE http://www.wildsnow.com/1831/movie-review-5-points-film-festival/comment-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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.

]]> By: Scott http://www.wildsnow.com/1831/movie-review-5-points-film-festival/comment-page-1/#comment-15846 Scott Sat, 16 May 2009 18:01:41 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1831#comment-15846 Still, the risk needs to be evaluated by the individual, not society. We don't really live our lives primarily for the benefit to society. We are social animals, but not quite colony insects like Bees or Ants. The world is Orwellian enough already. @Randonee, I would take less risk if I had an increased chance of financial ruin or permanent disability. I beleive that one of the benefits of having safety nets is to allow me to take more risks, because I perceive a personal benefit to taking such risks. Further, I have my own personal threshold and ideas about how much risk is appropriate for me. You have your own. It should remain that way. When someone starts proposing that I should not be covered by my insurance when I take a risk that someone else deems to be inappropriate, I have a problem with that because I am not comfortable with someone else making that determination. It reminds me of the discussions about local Sherriff's wanting to charge for rescues made for "risky" behavior. Who determines what is "risky"? Still, the risk needs to be evaluated by the individual, not society. We don’t really live our lives primarily for the benefit to society. We are social animals, but not quite colony insects like Bees or Ants. The world is Orwellian enough already.

@Randonee,

I would take less risk if I had an increased chance of financial ruin or permanent disability. I beleive that one of the benefits of having safety nets is to allow me to take more risks, because I perceive a personal benefit to taking such risks. Further, I have my own personal threshold and ideas about how much risk is appropriate for me. You have your own. It should remain that way.

When someone starts proposing that I should not be covered by my insurance when I take a risk that someone else deems to be inappropriate, I have a problem with that because I am not comfortable with someone else making that determination. It reminds me of the discussions about local Sherriff’s wanting to charge for rescues made for “risky” behavior. Who determines what is “risky”?

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