Sawyer Capital ManagementIn Assessing 2015 Goals, Be Wary of ‘Risk Creep’ – Sawyer Capital Management https://www.sawcap.com Evolutionize Web Site Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:30:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 In Assessing 2015 Goals, Be Wary of ‘Risk Creep’ https://www.sawcap.com/2015/02/02/assessing-2015-goals-wary-risk-creep/ https://www.sawcap.com/2015/02/02/assessing-2015-goals-wary-risk-creep/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:00:27 +0000 http://evolvemypractice.com/?p=1650 The day after Christmas, a skier was caught in an avalanche near my home in Park City, Utah. Part of a foursome, the skier slid with the snow for about 500 feet before ending up buried to his neck. Luckily, his party found him, dug him out, and discovered he hadn’t been injured. The group...

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]]> The day after Christmas, a skier was caught in an avalanche near my home in Park City, Utah. Part of a foursome, the skier slid with the snow for about 500 feet before ending up buried to his neck. Luckily, his party found him, dug him out, and discovered he hadn’t been injured.

The group knew the area well. Based on the conditions and their experience, they had planned to avoid the steeper, more dangerous section of the slope. Then, things changed.

After skiing another section of the slope four times, they slowly moved into more dangerous terrain. Skiing so close to potential danger without any issues gave them a false sense of security. I’ve been in this position before, too.

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