Almost all of the small number of deaths on Torreys Peak are due to avalanches in Dead Dog couloir, which intersects the pictured ridge just below the knife edge you see in the picture. It is very steep at the top, probably 50 degrees or so. Thus slipping off the knife edge to the climber's right would probably result in a loooooong descent down Dead Dog, at which point you would be a dead human. But most deaths involve climbers ascending the couloir or skiers coming down it, not hikers on ridge.AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:In all honesty, that is something that just seems wacko to me. There are a lot of people that love it; I understand we all have our things. But the constant threat of death if you slip makes it, for me at least, a lot more difficult to understand.
Edited to say that the video you posted the other day seemed like absolute insanity. How many people have died up there?
I don't know anything about that crazy ridge in the video, and don't intend to. The vegetation and lack of solid rock might increase your chances of surviving a fall.
