Once again, he defends the indefensible. How many deaths does Aspen have to cause for you to, JUST ONCE, lay the blame with them??? Fucking shill.
Their first thought is to call program staff, not 911. Typically program. Don't involve any 'outsiders' unless you are forced to. Their intent is to make the hikes as hard as possible on the kids. The thought process behind it being that it'll "build character". Same deal with all the confrontation, humiliation etc.
That C.S. Lewis quote truly applies:
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."