While not political, I found this article / case very interesting.
Does a boyfriend, friend or group member who has more experience and perhaps planned more of the tip constitute as a guide and therefore holds responsibility for those with less experience. I certainly hope not. I myself do what could be considered guiding, but just for family and friends via all kinds of Arctic adventures that could easily result in death. But I assume everyone knows the risk and has assumed that risk themselves by joining me and therefore have accepted that they are responsible for themselves.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv9plyjgpoI will watch to see how this one pans out, not that precedent there would impact us, but interesting none the less.
This story was unsettling as she seemed rather easy to save when she was abandoned, curious on the investigation.
He had a moral obligation that he failed to meet in a few regards. As for the guide role, unless she was a paying customer or totally inexperienced (she had decent amount), I wouldn't consider him a guide in their roles during the context of this trip.
As for risks, this one seems straight forward, but people don't understand risks in general. Have skippered on sailboats and mind blowing the lack of common sense people have got. Or how easily they will trust an absolute stranger with their life.