Alpine Divorce: A Hike That Ends a Relationship

(nytimes.com)

8 points | by mooreds 2 hours ago ago

10 comments

  • scarecrowbob an hour ago

    I used to read the yearly accident review publication by the American Alpin Club.

    Two very basic facts emerge:

    - about a 25% of the accidents they list would not have been accidents if a helmet had been worn

    - a significant number of incidents are caused by folks splitting up for some reason

    The large point that I've take into later life: there's nothing special about me that exempts me from statistics.

    So when I can I wear a helmet while climbing and never split the party in the mountains.

    • nemomarx an hour ago

      And the logical extension would be don't go hiking with anyone who might split the party or strand you, I suppose.

  • Lucent 44 minutes ago

    I suspect the "alpine divorce" phenomenon is the same desire to test influence dangerously attempted in a higher stakes environment. "No, let's go to this restaurant" becomes "Let's take this path" or "Let's take a break" and refusal to entertain tests of influence to alter the plan are recast as attempted murder.

    https://twitter.com/JamesLNuzzo/status/2037859859585179746

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  • wormpilled an hour ago

    Honestly this feels like a psyop. Like it's just meant to discourage people from wanting to do outdoors stuff together or going out into nature in general.

    I've seen a lot of sensationalist articles lately about getting abandoned on hikes. A tiktok got shared to me about it, just some woman ranting in a touristy outdoors area about how she got ditched. Whose to say that even really happened? Almost certainly just pure engagement bait that's being spun into a "trend".

    • SoftTalker an hour ago

      Subjects trending on TikTok are now the basis for an NYT piece. No further comment.

  • lambdadelirium an hour ago

    Not about Alpine linux, which I would imagine to end a relationship better than some mountains