It's nice for us to be able to sit with a brew to hand talking about things 'after the event', however when someone needs you, really needs you, those times that those of us here such as crab know all too well about; that continual assessment and soul searching decision making process, becomes so much more than a mere opinion between sips.
As seen on a recent CRM refresher;
The job of course is to save & preserve life and all decisions will be taking that into account; of course that 'life' not only includes that of the victim on the mountain, it also includes the life of your crew, what'll it be today?
Tough call; one that thankfully most of us don't have to make on a daily basis; to those that do, thank you