Worth thinking about and sad for their familes. Who hasn't joked that a packout might be their last. Or even though it more seriously in their head when huffing and puffing up a mountain, at max exertion, but still loving that Type 2 fun. We relate to what we know. Many people will have same thing happen while mowing their lawn, cutting a tree, or shopping. I had a dream the other night about hunting in a lightning storm, I was thinking about the two young guys in Colorado, and even in my dream I had to just pick a tree to sit under and hope for the best and you just accept that life has risks and its always a known trade-off for people like us while hunting.
** Like HammSolo below, I am certainly not minimizing the tragedy of any death. Every one is a son or daughter, father or mother or sibling or friend. But I do appreciate the comfort of believing that most hunters - and I have no reason to suspect any of the recent cases are any different - are pretty much like most of us and believe that life's risks are always present and that reasonable natural hunting risks are just part of that. hopefully we all prolong our time here and with our familes while still getting out and enjoying this life. Very sadly, it doesn't always happen that way and it's worth pausing to reflect on that when circumstances like this do occur.
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