I'm always left with the question unanswered......Why climb a mountain where you can't breath, can take your life and costs a fortune?
Are these people ‘challenged’ in ways the average person isn't....or is their need to be challenged so great like an addict to the next peak?
The guy was well off, financially, being a top doctor and health official in a neighboring state- not a state position, he worked for a privately run health system. Also an amateur astronomer.