Prayers UP. He left behind a 3-day-old daughter, and his body will be left on the mountain.
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To: grey_whiskers
The important thing is that he almost got to be the 3,527th person to scale Everest.
That's worth dying for.
2 posted on
05/26/2011 8:33:43 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
To: grey_whiskers
As good a place to die as any.
3 posted on
05/26/2011 8:33:43 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: grey_whiskers
Anybody know know it happened?
5 posted on
05/26/2011 8:37:12 PM PDT by
PapaNew
To: grey_whiskers
6 posted on
05/26/2011 8:37:46 PM PDT by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! May I please be removed from the contribution under review program I will behave Thank y)
To: grey_whiskers
Bummer. I was in correspondence with him on occasion. I’ll be praying for his family.
7 posted on
05/26/2011 8:37:47 PM PDT by
Kevmo
(Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all. ~Ronald Reagan)
He’d be more likely remembered if he had a scrotum bolt installed. Now that’d be a true first. And who cares about Everest? After Hillary and Norgay no one else really matters.
9 posted on
05/26/2011 8:39:35 PM PDT by
donaldo
To: grey_whiskers
I guess that Everest was on his Bucket List, then Everest kicked his bucket.
To: grey_whiskers
His wife was expecting a child, and he decided to go climb a mountain?
His poor little girl will grow-up knowing that her daddy’s pleasure was more important than she was. There is an argument to be made that it’s better for her to grow up without such an influence in her life.
20 posted on
05/26/2011 8:46:15 PM PDT by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: grey_whiskers; All
Due to my haste in posting, I did not include anything in the author's name field for the article. I have asked the mods to fix this.
The real author of the article is Dan Frommer. NOT me.
Cheers!
g_w
22 posted on
05/26/2011 8:47:11 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
"John Delaney, founder and CEO of Intrade, the prediction market, has died while trying to climb Mt. Everest. " I bet he never saw that coming.
23 posted on
05/26/2011 8:48:14 PM PDT by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: grey_whiskers
I can’t imagine a new daddy heading out to climb a mountain, but that’s just me. It’s also sad there will be no grave to visit.
26 posted on
05/26/2011 8:49:50 PM PDT by
scott7278
("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
To: grey_whiskers
He left behind a 3-day-old daughter, and his body will be left on the mountain. What a maroon.
30 posted on
05/26/2011 8:51:24 PM PDT by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: grey_whiskers
I made it to the births of all six of my children - that's a summit I'm proud to have climbed and it binds me to my children irrevocably. This guy had his priorities all wrong. Sorry he lost his life in a vain, self-aggrandizing and failing quest that led him to abdicate his familial responsibilities. His widow and child don't even have the consolation of a grave-site to visit. What a legacy!
Lamh Foistenach Abu! 36 posted on
05/26/2011 8:54:31 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: grey_whiskers
Doing what “HE” wanted to do. God bless his soul.
55 posted on
05/26/2011 9:09:13 PM PDT by
23 Everest
(A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone. I miss my sweet wife Bonnie.)
To: grey_whiskers
59 posted on
05/26/2011 9:11:33 PM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: grey_whiskers
Some things money just can’t buy!
To: grey_whiskers
Two young children left without a father...He should have just stayed home and found another hobby.
78 posted on
05/26/2011 9:27:35 PM PDT by
dennisw
(NZT - "works better if you're already smart")
To: grey_whiskers
Good grief, why in hell would he do something so dangerous with a 3 day old daughter? Apparently he wasn't even there for her birth, given the time it takes to get to Nepal and up the mountain. Somehow, I don't think all the money he's leaving her will suffice for the fact that he, for all intents and purposes, abandoned her.
All this "I have to climb it to prove myself" carp is ridiculous, as witnessed by the numbers of people who've died trying to do it.
79 posted on
05/26/2011 9:30:38 PM PDT by
SuziQ
To: grey_whiskers
Another spoiled Westerner with money and time to burn.
Thanks for contributing to Nepal’s economy, fool.
To: grey_whiskers
From: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/50493.php
“The death rate on Mount Everest has not changed over the years, with about one death for every 10 successful ascents. For anyone who reaches the summit, they have about a 1 in 20 chance of not making it down again. ”
As the article indicates, there are hundreds of bodies climbers pass when they scale Mt. Everest. Delaney’s will be among them.
91 posted on
05/26/2011 9:43:47 PM PDT by
bwc2221
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