Rologyro wrote: » His wife is pregnant with another child... what was he thinking.
Gwynplaine wrote: » Why seriously risk your life to raise money for charity? He left behind a widow and small children in his quest to get to the top of a mountain. Why not go for a run or a cycle or something, and then go home safely? I never said anything about suicide. You're the one jumping to conclusions.
Snow Garden wrote: » Ah come on, he didn't do it on purpose. He assessed the risks and made a decision. It's a tragedy. Shackleton had 3 kids when he was going on high risk expeditions where he essentially disappeared for up to 2 years. What was he thinking?
Khloe Shrilling Crater wrote: » I bet you're selfish enough to get into a car every single day without even thinking of your loved ones. How selfish can you be... :rolleyes:
Gwynplaine wrote: » Didn't this happen a few years ago too to some Irish man. Wife and small children at home. I know it's sad, but what a selfish thing to do.
Rologyro wrote: » Fatalities per BILLION passenger journeys Bus/Coach: 4.3 Rail: 20 Van: 20 Car: 40 Foot: 40 ....Source
beauf wrote: » Walking looks like a bad idea
Snow Garden wrote: » Ah come on, he didn't do it on purpose. He assessed the risks and made a decision. It's a tragedy.
Mickeroo wrote: » That was k2 not Everest. Much more dangerous mountain than Everest, less than 400 people have summited it and over 80 of them died on the way down.
Deleted User wrote: » Sherpa is a very good documentary. These lads make multiple trips back and forth - leaving oxygen bottles along the route, going ahead to setup tents, carrying all the bags & ladders etc. At huge risks to themselves. All so lazy foreigners can boast that they 'climbed' Everest.
enricoh wrote: » Some people want a life less ordinary. There was a scuba diver killed last week off donegal n a paragliding fella in wicklow too. Do we ban them too. Northwest 200 road racing on this weekend up the north, everyone involved knows the risks n plough on. Should we ban everything with risk involved n just go play golf or bingo instead! Rip to the guy.
mitresize5 wrote: » who would have thought the were so many mountaineers resident on After Hours, cause it looks like everyone is an expert
2smiggy wrote: » why do you have to be a mountaineer expert to comment ?
mike_ie wrote: » It's not. It's a tough financial choice when you've put your entire savings towards getting to the top. Which is the main issue with commercial high-altitude mountaineering. It forces a situation where money trumps morals for certain people.
Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: » In a documentary I watched about the deaths on K2 in 2008, the survivors interviewed didn’t seem to regard whether to try and rescue others as a financial quandary. Or if they did, they didn’t let that show. The decisions some made to keep going seemed to be more down to weighing up whether they had the energy to attempt a rescue and whether making the attempt would cost them their own lives.
bucketybuck wrote: » I don't think he means deciding to rescue anybody, but the climbers just trying to summit. If you don't summit then you have failed and you would be thinking about coming back to try again, thats where the financial part comes in. Those expeditions are expensive, can you afford to spend another 40/50k to give it another shot? If you're not wealthy enough to easily afford it, then at a difficult time you might decide to tough it out and plough on despite it being the wrong decision.
DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: » What's the protocol with Everest? Can anybody decide to climb it, regardless of their fitness and experience?
ToBeFrank123 wrote: » Do we know for sure he used the charity money to fund this trip or was it his own money? I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one, but if he's using charity money to fund a trip and no charity gets the money, that's a different story. I'd love to climb Everest myself if I was free and single. No kids yet but if I had one and one on the way, I think they would always be a priority. He's left his kids without a dad and his wife to raise them alone and probably without a proper income. And he knew well the risks. Its hard to have sympathy for him I'm afraid. Climbing Everest is the equivalent of poking a hungry lion. Don't be surprised if you get a nasty surprise.
