USAF 7 Summits Update - 6 May: Real-time Risk Management Published May 7, 2013 Air Force Safety Center Public Affairs KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- 7 Summits team member Rob Marshall recounts the sad news of the death of 37 year old DaRita Sherpa at Camp 3 drives home the point that mountaineering involves significant risks... So does flying an aircraft, riding a motorcycle, unloading cargo or building a new deck for your house. The question is, have you and your friends/coworkers done everything you can to mitigate those risks? If you don't pay attention to risk, you're as likely to lose a finger moving a piece of furniture at work as you are to lose one to frostbite on Everest. Read the team's full blog and follow their progress at http://www.usaf7summits.com/blog/