@Larimar

I remember that. So sad. Young people die foolishly glissading down Aasgard Pass in early Spring snowmelt every year. Ice cold water runs beneath the snow.

"The last thing I heard from my wife was her dying scream as she went over the cliff," her husband said.

Several years ago, it was a 21-year-old Chinese student of Univ. of WA. He fell into a crevasse and died. Imagine how his parents feel.

Always from out of town. They don't check the conditions. Locals know how dangerous it is.

Look up Washington Trail Reports: Aasgard Pass.

@silverotter11

I feel sorry for Hillaree's two children, age 7 and 11. Jim Morrison said he will take care of them.

But Jim Morrison is an extreme mountaineer and skier like their mother. The kids need somone who's not risking his life all the time. It will make them feel anxious and fearful.

They need a stable person. Hope Hillaree's parents are a good choice to care for their grandchildren.

@LiterateHiker With you on that. But since she had those young children, she should not have been there. When one decides to be a parent, it comes with an at least 18-year commitment to put the needs of the children before one’s own. And don’t give me any crap about “she could have died in a car accident on any day”, because she didn’t, she died pursuing a dangerous personal interest…and perhaps fame.

@MsKathleen

I agree. When my daughter was born, I dowshifted risky behavior.

Avalance danger, knife-edge trails, or too icy and steep?

"It's too dangerous," I say. "I'm turning around." or "We don't have the right equipment."

Disappointed hiking partners? I don't care.

@LiterateHiker And yet, if she had been a man we probably would not have had these thoughts.

@MyTVC15 Maybe you wouldn’t have, but I would. I didn’t say “mother”; I said “parent”.

@LiterateHiker THAT is responsible parenting.

@MsKathleen

Thank you.

@LiterateHiker Just to be clear, I was not saying that to be offensive. I agree that a parent should be more careful in their activities. However, my observations are that when something like that happens to a father the response is " oh those poor kids lost their dad, but they still have their mother" But when the woman is the one who took the risk and loses her life we are just a little more appalled. That is what I see happening.

@LiterateHiker All excellent points and exactly why I never reproduced. I think as long as she showed great love her kids might in the long run understand. It's a balancing act, an unhappy mom can be a real fucking bitch to live with, trust me I speak from personal experience.
On the other hand self absorbed parents can do a lot of harm.
Not knowing how she was off the mountain I can't speculate how her parenting skills were.