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When groups process shared outdoor medical emergencies

Two of us in our hiking group got altitude sickness on a trip and had to be evacuated, and now the whole group is dealing with guilt, fear, and different ideas about risk — some want to be more careful, others think we're overreacting, and we can't plan future trips.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Surviving danger together can fragment a group's sense of safety and shared risk tolerance.

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