Ken,
I had a friend walk 600' vertical down wrong ridge on Timber Mountain one clear winter day. This is a place he had been to many times during all 4 seasons.
Odd things happen from time to time in the mountains. People with experience do things you do not expect them to do and bad things happen. I do remember Bob Rutledge posting pictures of a fracture ankle he incurred after glissading while wearing crampons.
Unlike many who visit this mountain for a day hike, she had enough clothes with her to spend the night out at 14,000' minimizing the risk for SAR personnel.
