Naughty Pine
Laidback
IMO some of the mishaps we're seeing are driven by the need for attention in SM. It's the Instagram effect. The first of this, the most extreme of that, the scariest of those. IMO Monique Richards did a similar thing on Canada's Mount Logan. She had promised from the outset to keep her fans posted on SM. In the event, she had no adequate communication link in case she needed a rescue, which indeed she did: she actually communicated with SAR via her agent. Seriously.
Monique Richard's story is here. To me, the similarities between her and Kate Matrosova are stunning, including their ambition and their complete disregard for the risks to SAR and others in the very likely event they'd need a rescue, and the reality that most of their previous "experience" had been on guided trips where they weren't making the decisions or doing the planning. IMO
Behind the scenes of the rescue of the last solo climber on Mount Logan
Monique Richard's story is here. To me, the similarities between her and Kate Matrosova are stunning, including their ambition and their complete disregard for the risks to SAR and others in the very likely event they'd need a rescue, and the reality that most of their previous "experience" had been on guided trips where they weren't making the decisions or doing the planning. IMO
Behind the scenes of the rescue of the last solo climber on Mount Logan