Reminder: This mountain would like to kill youAccording to the NY Daily News:
An Emmy-nominated Brooklyn television editor plunged to her death on a rocky section of Mount Shasta in Northern California, officials said Tuesday.
Chihiro "Cherry" Enoki, 33, fell 600 to 1,500 feet while climbing the icy Avalanche Gulch route "hitting rocks all the way down," said the
Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department.Ouch!
She was 11,300 feet up with two male pals from San Francisco when she slipped Friday, said sheriff's spokeswoman Margie Loher.
"There was snow all over. A lot of people underestimate the hazards of the mountain because you can drive up to 10,000 feet and it looks like a day's walk," Loher said. "But it's so treacherous with the snow, you start sliding and you can't stop," she said. "They had crampons and ice axes, but they weren't wearing helmets."
What exactly is a crampon? It sounds like a combination of a menstrual cramp and a tampon.
An autopsy determined the Japanese-born Enoki died of massive head injuries, Loher said.
The two men with Enoki - Christopher James Kraul, 30, and Gordon Clark, 28 - said she was not breathing when they reached her after the 8:30 a.m. fall.
Wow. What a surprise.
Ladies and gents, please listen up.
First mistake: Leaving Brooklyn. Much safer there.
Second mistake: Climbing a mountain. WTF? And you would do this because...? Oh, that's right. I keep forgetting ... it's there.
6 comments:
You're not funny. But then again, you probably already knew that - seeing as how there are no comments on any of your posts with the exception of this one.
Cherry was a smart, talented woman who lived life to the fullest. You could have learned a few things from her.
I am sorry for your loss; however, I am further saddened that Ms. Enoki apparently was not prepared for her climb and descent.
Mountain climbing is a dangerous pursuit.
Hopefully her passing will help others to be more careful.
Tacky in the extreme. I had met Cherry and we exchanged exploits. She was fully aware of the risks and rewards of what she was undertaking. In my non-profession opinion she was qualified to undertake what she attempted.
Mistakes happen - sadly hers was fatal. Please do not belittle what happened with poor humor.
I think we have a basic disagreement of what defines tragedy.
I find the death of the security guard who was trampled to death in Walmart doing his job to be a tragedy.
Ms. Enoki's desire to scale a mountain and her subsequent fall is not. When someone dies pursuing their extreme view of life, as people often do, I usually examine what their mistakes were.
I'm sure Ms. Enoki was a very nice person, but she wasn't feeding the hungry or trying to discover a cure for cancer. Her death is the result of pure unadulterated folly.
This is my opinion and this is my blog.
I must say I don't think mountain climbing indicates living life to the fullest as Anonymous claims.
To me, it's merely an excellent example of just how crazy we humans are.
You want a challenge? How about sitting still for 20 minutes.
How about becoming comfortable in your own skin without the need to run away to some silly mountain.
Let's face it, most "leisure" activities are only an attempt to run away from oneself. (Not that there's anything wrong with that. AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND DONT PRETEND THERE'S ANYTHING NOBLE ABOUT IT.)
If you want to go mountain climbing, go ahead, just don't claim it indicates a lust for life. And if you fall, I'm sorry, I'm going to laugh. Then again I'm going to laugh if you just tell me you're going mountain climbing.
BTW... Moons? I absolutely love you. Please, please, please don't stop holding that mirror up so we don't forget just how insane we all really are.
Anonymous, Moons made absolutely no reference to anyone's financial status so I think it's wrong of you to accuse her of poor humor.
I mean I would agree with you that making light of someones lack of money is in bad taste but as I read the record I don't see that this has happened in any way, shape or form.
And I work in a bank so I should know.
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