That was when we were younger and more adventurous. And we have a lot of fun mountain roads around here. Yes, he should have been using a lower gear: good armchair quarterbacking.
We figured that one out within a few minutes of exiting the vehicles, TYVM. Easy to come up with solutions when the brain isn't in panic mode.
In any case, now that I have had disc brakes, I wouldn't want to go back... so much easier to service (o ya, forgot about how freakin' hard it was to get the damn rusted-on drums off to replace the shoes!), and haven't come anywhere near the same "NO BRAKES!" feeling due to fade despite driving it harder. Not that I do that anymore...
