'I found your dad': The mystery of a missing climber

Having had a childhood friend lose both parents in separate mountaineering accidents, I look at the activity as a barely-disguised dance with death, nothing more.

And given that, those deaths weren’t “accidents.” It’s a feature, not a bug. They were playing Russian roulette until they lost.

Read this a couple weeks ago when it came out. Great story, but yeah when having kids and a family takes another sort of person to still want to pursue those adventures. But some cannot just sit still and feel the need to push their endeavors to the highest limit.

This mountain was also the site of the most deadly avalanche/landslide in recorded history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Huascar%C3%A1n_debris_ava...

If you liked this story, you might like the documentary “Torn,” which was made by children of Alex Lowe, a top mountaineer who disappeared in an avalanche and then his body was found years later.

This was a very poignant read. Thank you for posting it.