Mastodawn

loved this short book about a very experienced mountaineer who died during some of the literal worst weather on earth, and the people who tried to rescue her. the author is a risk assessor and this is more effective than any textbook. i learned so much and felt so much empathy and frustration.

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Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne

On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of t...

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berserk du soleil 1d ago

the night she died, the white mountains of new hampshire had the second lowest observed temperature on earth (after antarctica) and the actual lowest windchill (-90F). they also have some of the consistently strongest winds on earth. that makes the mountains deceptively treacherous for their size.

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berserk du soleil

if you loved "into thin air," which i also did -- this book is like if it were a case study instead. what's happening at every step here? who's making sound decisions, and who isn't? what do researchers say about how we feel and choose? it is genuinely . . . fascinating, eye opening, provocative