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Originally Posted by freedogger
I'm surprised that the event sponsor and organizers let them train on the course without insurance. You would think that this would be a condition of participation.
Easy PR win for them if they pick up the tab. If they are worried about setting a precedent, maybe they should do it this one time and then move to a model like above.
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A half million dollar tab isn't exactly easy.
I think the lesson we can all take from this is how important insurance is, particularly in high-risk vocations. I don't agree with looking for reasons why it is somebody else's fault she wasn't properly insured.
That aside, it's always sad when somebody dies like this. Personally, it doesn't make me feel any better that she died doing what she loved. I'm sure she would have loved being a mother as well. And a grandmother. And whatever else she could have become.