6. Amy Irvine, op. cit. p. 15. She continues to recount the story. In doing so she reveals a real frustration with the world of the public. The KSL channel 5 helicopter arrives. In anger she flips it off, making any video for the news at 10 unusable. Her attempts to console Dave ring hollow. “It’s not your fault,” “This is part of the game we play in the mountains,” “We did everything we could.” Later on to the sheriff she becomes vehemently defensive of the climbing community claiming the victim was in way over his head. [Still fresh in the community’s memory is their acquisition of privileges granted by land owners to use the rocks here for recreation. The community later sponsored an event at Storm Mountain to which Geoffrey’s parents were invited, at which climbers were instructed in proper and safe rock climbing practices. One of the negotiators in this movement, Ted Wilson, a former mayor of Salt Lake City, took part as one of the enthusiastic rock climbing instructors.]

“That cold white body that I sat with had announced his engagement to the young woman he loved only the night before. The loss to her, his partner, and his family is more real than any thrill will ever be.” In this she seems to have underestimated the extent to which his loss would be felt.