I really doubt it's the hikers or climbers that write their congressman and demand that they make us all put on our floaties. It's more like all the people that their biggest outdoor activity is going to Walmart read in the paper that someone died on a mountain and they certainly have an opinion of it. I guess the age old saying is right "The death of a single person is a tragedy, the death of a million people is a statistic" as people will get far more worked up over a single death then hundreds of thousands.
I suppose we could follow that logic of taking control of our safety and beg the government to make the dangerous activities we engage in illegal but I don't think I like that approach.
