You are so right it take a lot to plan and not much to get hurt or buried or worse out in the beauty of the Western Canadian Mountains.
I have notice the same in other cultures from all around the world. People think that all of Canada is nice and easy and approach it the same way, with the mindsets of there home land. I have had people from the Alps want to go and run out into the woods without checking or knowing where they go because back home there are paths and people and cell coverage everywhere. They don't get the vast unpopulated wilderness and scope to which they walk into. I like there enthusiasm but caution them about just going and running into what could be a fatal mistake. Some people like to learn the painful way. Too bad it is at the cost of our country people that pay the price for others ignorance.
Yes many COs know it is the humans fault 99.999% of the time. The real animals are the humans who decide that throwing trash every where and feeding majestic animals junk food is appropriate. Sad to see how dirty those human animals can be. As an example we shall set the tone.
I read commitment to making that book a reality in your last sentence, hooray. Let me know if I can be of service to such matters.