68-yr. woman went to go snowboarding

[shootingstar]

I hope this lady didn't die of exposure, it got pretty cold around those days.

She might have died in the end like this.
It is tough as one grows alot older, that there's just less friends / acquaintances to do active stuff (outside of a structured group event) where having a buddy around in remote areas is helpful. Maybe her social circle didn't have friends interested in this type of stuff or vacation timing wasn't convenient.

Unless of course, one knows a whole range of people from different age groups. Or signs up for structured group event.

I know I'll get a whole lot of response from TE, where people will tell me (Please, you don't need to tell me. My cycling partner is 67. ) that they know those who are mid 60's and up, who have sufficiently active friends that can go on vaction/do active stuff on the fly. Well, for now.

Life is not always so convenient all the time, to have even a distant friend/acquaintance to do active sports in riskier areas.

Recently, I was abit amazed to hear of one distant friend who lives in year-round on a mountain ski resort area and goes jogging regularily in their area daily. She doesn't even carry bear spray. She doesn't like jogging regularily with groups/friends, because she likes the freedom of running when she wants.

And there are bears that hang out in the area. Enough that they do creep up to homes and rummage around to get at garbage if they can. This is in the interior British Columbia where it is serious wilderness.