"So if they get an undeserved "hero" status,,what is that to you? Would you rather see them dead? Then there would be more "dead heros" and make the story better."
You really had to REACH for that!! lol
LOL! Pray for their safety or we will never stop hearing about them!
I know a climber, almost married my daughter {thank you God for sparing us}. He is driven to test himself,,it seems like his entire life is that. He lives to climb. I personally think it is because his father was a rat, deserted him and the family. I think he is proving something in climbing. He could have taken a different path, like trying to be the richest man on the planet or trying to cure cancer. But he chose this. At least he isn't the father of my grandchildren.
But if he were up there, I wouldn't be bitching about the cost or the risk. I know him so that makes the difference and I can understand how the people who love these guys feel right now.
But the press is turning it into a spectacle, not the climbers.