Snow Walker's Companion Quotes

“When machines work, there is fabulous gain. When they fail, you are abandoned in the cruelest and most complete manner. In accepting technology, you must accept both possibilities.”
― Garrett Conover;Alexandra Conover, Snow Walker's Companion: Winter Camping Skills for the North

“Nearly all of the most notorious expedition disasters were in large part due to the unwillingness of leaders to abandon their original itinerary. There is a natural tendency to equate changing trip goals with overall trip failure. For instance, if you did not reach the peak of the mountain but turned back, then the whole endeavor is considered unsuccessful. This sort of summit-questing-at-any-expense seems to pervade the thinking of most outdoor adventurers initially. It must sooner or later be outgrown to avoid accidents or tragedy, which are worse than any imagined failure.”
― Garrett Conover;Alexandra Conover, Snow Walker's Companion: Winter Camping Skills for the North