Rocky Mountain storms can physically immobilize a person a short walk from shelter

Evidence

We had a hurricane of wind and hail last night; it was eleven before I could go to my cabin, and I only reached it with the help of two men. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 139

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: A lone woman navigating a hail-darkened, moonless slope with two men guiding her is a self-contained survival scene worth writing out.
• XREF: connects to: Fear physically paralyzed a confident traveler on the mountainside — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 114; Extreme wind can physically lift and relocate a person and scatter their belongings. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 152; Full sensory participation in weather requires leaving shelter — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1089 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Extreme wind can physically lift and relocate a person and scatter their belongings. #corroborates (1.00) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 152
• Full sensory participation in weather requires leaving shelter #complicates (0.90) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1089
• Damp clothing and sub-zero mountain gales made ordinary travel life-threatening #corroborates (0.90) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 248
• Prairie travelers raced approaching storms to reach shelter before being caught #complicates (0.80) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 156
• Rocky Mountain alpine scenery rendered sublime, silent beauty worth dwelling on #complicates (0.70) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 106