Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "21 dead as heavy snow traps people in cars" video.

  1. They were all going to "enjoy unusually heavy snow fall." Sounds like rich people on ski holiday. That would explain why so many died. Rich people tend not to take the gear with them. It would be inconvenient to do all that packing and hauling baggage around. It's easier to just buy the gear after they get there. I can see rich people and/or lowlands/city people getting themselves in trouble. I doubt anybody from the area died. I used to live in Gunnison, Colorado, and I saw a lot of that. Rich people fly in, buy the gear they need, and then sell it before they leave (actually dump it at 2nd-hand shop on consignment). It's like renting, only they never have to use anything that's tainted by somebody else. Lots of 2nd-hand gear that's just been used once in places like that. Gunnison is just down the road from Crested Butte, where there's some world class powder (snow. not cocaine). I bought some high-quality gear at bargain prices by living there. $300 GoreTex jacket for $80. Not a thing wrong with it. Good-as-new Sorels for $30. I'm more like you. I've traveled all over the American Rocky Mountain West and NorthWest, following my trade around the region, with lots of trips back home and to various places I wanted to see. And I lived on the road pretty much the same as I lived at the house, right down to the dishes and cookware I used in the kitchen. I'm a lot older, now and can afford separate camp kitchen, but I still go on the road the same way I always did. Raiding the kitchen the day before you leave is just automatic! LOL! Getting trapped in a snow storm would just be a chance to camp where they'd ordinarily chase you off! All that being said, perishing of the cold and/or dehydration is an unexpected and unpleasant end for ANYbody. My heart goes out.
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