Well that clinches it: I never think clearly. How simple.
Thanks.
Now I remember, saving weight. I got a lobotomy. We only use 15% of the stuff anyway, right? And if you don't have any brains to damage, you save even more by leaving the helmet home.
We're everywhere. Now if I can just figure out how to change my display name - wasn't thinking clearly when I created this profile. Don't know why . . .
Expounding on a previous post:
If the new snow is deep enough to necessitate snowshoes, you're probably a day or two of consolidation from "safe" conditions - by my subjective threshold at least. Yes, it's Hood and avalanche accidents are infrequent, but the last death by a slide wasn't that long ago.