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.
If there were, I hope the site had the taste to remove them...
Prayers up.
the Irish Independent newspaper today carried a report headlined:
“Widow defends husband’s Everest climb”...... It says that she was aware of criticism of her husband and it was hurtful to the family. She was in full support of John... the man she loved, the adventurer. It goes on to say that they both knew the risks, even of him dying and being left on the mountain. Orla Delaney said “I packed his bags and left him go’ and the child had come sooner than anticipated”. She was proud of John, she knew what he was doing... so any criticism of John would be totally unfounded and would be very hurtful to her. The report also says it was likely Mr. Delaney died of pulmonary edema or cerebral edema — a flooding of the lungs or a swelling of the brain — followed by a heart attackHe was scaling the final leg of the deadly mountain peak when he lost consciousness and collapsed.
Mr Delaney and his wife were married five years ago. He had been mountaineering for several years.. and was attempting to conquer Everest after a failed bid five years ago, reports The Irish Times.
as long as he died happy... doing what he loved, she should be fine with it... /s