lazygal wrote: » Of course he was. He had a wife and child at home and a baby on the way. That's enough thrill seeking. He's a selfish man to have embarked on a so called charity holiday when he knew he could die. My husband loves adventure sports. He doesn't do them now he has a family who need him at home more than he needs to have a hobby. Motorbiking is also something he wouldn't go near.
BarryD2 wrote: » Apart from that, I don't think anyone should really be commenting on the wisdom, commitments, finances of the missing man. Most certainly not those who've never set foot on anything higher than the Sugarloaf if that. Who are we to judge?
Duane Dibbley wrote: » Ravi Thakar, 28, was found dead inside his tent at Camp IV on Mount Everest early Friday while Narayan Singh died at Camp IV on Thursday night when he was climbing down from the 8,485-meter Mount Makalu summit, world's fifth highest mountain. Dipankar Ghos, 52, from Kolkata went missing from above Camp IV while returning from the Mount Makalu summit, said Mingma Sherpa, Chairman at Seven Summit Treks. A search team, which reached the area from where the climber is suspected to have gone missing, however, failed to trace him, Sherpa said. Ghos climbed Mount Everest in 2011 and has also scaled Mount Kanchenjunga, Mount Lhotse, Mount Manaslu and Mount Dhaulagiri among other peaks. Thakar died after he suffered from high altitude sickness. "Fellow climbers found him dead inside the tent," Sherpa was quoted as saying by The Himalayan Times. Ravi was part of an eight-member expedition led by renowned Irish climber Noel Richard Hanna. He along with other members made it to the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday morning. Another member of the same expedition - Seamus Sean Lawless from Ireland - slipped from the balcony area while descending from the summit point.
McCrack wrote: » It's quite easy to be judgemental and put your values onto other peoples situation that you don't really know anything about I mean I could say your husband is probably a weak man under your thumb quite the opposite of the strength and character of seamus lawless
McCrack wrote: » lazygal wrote: » Of course he was. He had a wife and child at home and a baby on the way. That's enough thrill seeking. He's a selfish man to have embarked on a so called charity holiday when he knew he could die. My husband loves adventure sports. He doesn't do them now he has a family who need him at home more than he needs to have a hobby. Motorbiking is also something he wouldn't go near. It's quite easy to be judgemental and put your values onto other peoples situation that you don't really know anything about I mean I could say your husband is probably a weak man under your thumb quite the opposite of the strength and character of seamus lawless
holliehobbie wrote: » Duane Dibbley wrote: » Ravi Thakar, 28, was found dead inside his tent at Camp IV on Mount Everest early Friday while Narayan Singh died at Camp IV on Thursday night when he was climbing down from the 8,485-meter Mount Makalu summit, world's fifth highest mountain. Dipankar Ghos, 52, from Kolkata went missing from above Camp IV while returning from the Mount Makalu summit, said Mingma Sherpa, Chairman at Seven Summit Treks. A search team, which reached the area from where the climber is suspected to have gone missing, however, failed to trace him, Sherpa said. Ghos climbed Mount Everest in 2011 and has also scaled Mount Kanchenjunga, Mount Lhotse, Mount Manaslu and Mount Dhaulagiri among other peaks. Thakar died after he suffered from high altitude sickness. "Fellow climbers found him dead inside the tent," Sherpa was quoted as saying by The Himalayan Times. Ravi was part of an eight-member expedition led by renowned Irish climber Noel Richard Hanna. He along with other members made it to the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday morning. Another member of the same expedition - Seamus Sean Lawless from Ireland - slipped from the balcony area while descending from the summit point. So is that four men now dead from the same climbing team? Did anyone see in the clip where it said that due to climate change the remains were thawing out and threatening the water supply for 1.3 billion people? Scary stuff. I think all the money in the fund now should be donated to the Nepalese people who have no other means of income.
tuxy wrote: » Is it fair for a pubic fund raiser to lead people to believe he may be still alive?
Blaizes wrote: » To be absolutely fair about that it might have been meant in the context of there only being a very short window of time in which to attempt a recovery mission as this window closes (from what has been said by people here) at the end of May.
tuxy wrote: » But why remove comments that confirm he is dead while offering words of support for his family and not edit the description which is still described as a search and rescue?
lazygal wrote: » McCrack wrote: » lazygal wrote: » Of course he was. He had a wife and child at home and a baby on the way. That's enough thrill seeking. He's a selfish man to have embarked on a so called charity holiday when he knew he could die. My husband loves adventure sports. He doesn't do them now he has a family who need him at home more than he needs to have a hobby. Motorbiking is also something he wouldn't go near. It's quite easy to be judgemental and put your values onto other peoples situation that you don't really know anything about I mean I could say your husband is probably a weak man under your thumb quite the opposite of the strength and character of seamus lawless My husband has enough cop on himself not to go on a life threatening holiday under the guise of charity fundraising. Most men are the same when they've a family at home. As are most women.
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lazygal wrote: » I would be absolutely furious if my husband even thought about doing something as stupid as an adventure dressed up as charity when he has a young family. And then to ask for hundreds of thousands of euro when it goes wrong is even more fury inducing. Can't understand these types of people.
completedit wrote: » On second captains podcast they mentioned how they got a message in from one of their listeners last Thursday who was about to summit Everest. That man was Sean Lawless. He was just a guy, maybe he wanted to make his kids proud of him. If you are able to network enough to get people to donate for you to go off and do something like this, why not? People can decide to donate or not
holliehobbie wrote: » So is that four men now dead from the same climbing team? Did anyone see in the clip where it said that due to climate change the remains were thawing out and threatening the water supply for 1.3 billion people? Scary stuff. I think all the money in the fund now should be donated to the Nepalese people who have no other means of income.
NIMAN wrote: » This is a very interesting programme, about the 33 yr old Canadian woman who climbed Everest but who died on the return from the summit. She was very inexperienced but managed to do it, against the advice of the sherpas, but it cost her her life. A lot of her own video footage is in the piece.
recedite wrote: » I make it 3 out of 8, so the stats are not quite that bad. Maybe not the fittest or the smartest in the world, but every one an economic powerhouse in his own right.Who's next then? "If you want to experience what it feels like to be on the highest point on the planet and have strong economic background to compensate for your old age, weak physical condition or your fear of risks, you can sign up for the VVIP Mount Everest Expedition Service offered by Seven Summit Treks and Expeditions."
Rologyro wrote: » Agree. If I had a four year old and was pregnant with another child, and my husband said he was going to climb Everest, I’d tell him to expect a divorce IF he comes back. Even the stress of worrying about him while pregnant could surely increase the risk of a miscarriage.
recedite wrote: » Yes you are right, Narayan Singh too. So four separate incidents. 50% mortality. Yikes.
recedite wrote: » 2 out of 8 then, is that it?
Wildlife Actor wrote: » Dipankar ghosh is on a completely different mountain, Makalu. Not the same team. 2 dead from the seven summit trek group. I don't think any sherpa died. There was another guy killed on Lhotse, again another team. Lhotse is right beside Everest. I think his team mates are now having a cut at everest. That would suggest they're serious climbers, not clients. Explorersweb is a fairly reliable source.
tuxy wrote: » Correct and may be the only deaths on the mountain this year if the bad weather continues.
