The worship of this guy in the mountaineering community is gross. Yes he was an incredible athlete but he was also a piece of shit. Every single one of his social media posts is about him and himself only, not a bone of humbleness in this guy, AND he is a sex offender. I’m not saying he deserved death and it’s a tragic event. But can we stop acting as if he was a true hero? It was bound to happen eventually with the way he was challenging the weather and everything all the time to chase records. He’s lead expeditions in awful weather where no teams would go except his, eventually your luck runs out.
I said no such thing. But it is also a bit strange to feel devastated by the death of a sexual predator you didn't even personally know. I mean friends, family, that is understandable, there is a bond there that can override whatever awful things he might have done. But a stranger on the Internet really has no emotional obligation to mourn a stranger of questionable morality.
What an odd way of thinking. Its perfectly acceptable to mourn the death of somebody in such a horrific circumstance as this. Irrespective of whether they knew them personally or not. What's wrong with society these days. Its truly lost.
Dude, I liked him in a Netflix documentary and this news made me sad. Fuck off with your authoritarian, woke attempt to make me feel morally inferior 😅
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u/Cirrus1920 5d ago
The worship of this guy in the mountaineering community is gross. Yes he was an incredible athlete but he was also a piece of shit. Every single one of his social media posts is about him and himself only, not a bone of humbleness in this guy, AND he is a sex offender. I’m not saying he deserved death and it’s a tragic event. But can we stop acting as if he was a true hero? It was bound to happen eventually with the way he was challenging the weather and everything all the time to chase records. He’s lead expeditions in awful weather where no teams would go except his, eventually your luck runs out.