Posted on 09/04/2022 8:49:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The climbers were trying to ascend to the top of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano, when the accident occurred about 500 meters below the 4,750-meter (15,884-foot) summit, the reports cited the prosecutor's office of the Kamchatka region as saying.
The Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far northeast is noted for its array of active and dormant volcanos, hot springs and abundant wildlife.
The incident marks the latest in a recent string of climbing accidents involving volcanoes around the world.
Last month, three mountaineers died and 12 were injured after they fell while climbing Ecuador's Carihuairazo volcano. In June, a woman died and a climbing companion was injured when they scaled the highly active, off-limits peak of the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico.
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Especially if they have children.
Most were killed for political reasons.
At least they died doing what they loved
There is no such place as “Eurasia” just as there is no such place as “Afro-Asia”. Do we really need more of this BS?
“”””Try reading Nietzsche and you will better understand the narcissism of these inordinate risk takers.””””
I think Tolstoy said something about the daring of men also, just read his books, it’s in there somewhere.
We’ve always been at war with Eurasia...
A good book that I just read, if you’re interesting in climbing/rescue:
A Bolt From The Blue:: The Epic True Story of Danger, Daring, and Heroism at 13,000 Feet
by Jennifer Woodlief
FIVE INJURED CLIMBERS. TEN SEASONED RANGERS. ONE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE.
On the afternoon of July 26, 2003, six vacationing mountain climbers ascended the peak of the Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Rain and colliding air currents blew in, and soon a massive electrical charge began to build. As the group began to retreat from its location, a colossal lightning bolt struck and pounded through the body of every climber. One of the six died instantly, one lay critically injured next to her body, and four dangled perilously into the chasm below. In riveting, page-turning prose, veteran journalist Jennifer Woodlief tells the story of the climb, the arrival of the storm, and the unprecedented rescue by the Jenny Lake Rangers, one of the most experienced climbing search-and-rescue teams in the country.
Against the dramatic landscape of the Teton Range, Woodlief brings to life the grueling task of the rangers, a band of colorful characters who tackle one of the riskiest, most physically demanding jobs in the world. By turns terrifying and exhilarating, A Bolt from the Blue is both a testament to human courage and an astonishing journey into one of history’s most dangerous mountain rescues.
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If you’d rather ‘listen’ than read, I first heard about this on the podcast “National Park After Dark”. They used the book as their primary source material
Episode 13 - A Fatal Lightning Strike and the Jenny Lake Rangers - Grand Teton National Park
Hint: “Active volcano” means hot — hot enough to kill you.
Tolstoy admired and celebrated men who were daring and sacrificed themselves for others or for a truly noble common cause. He also understood they were complex and not easily defined. Tolstoy was a veteran of the Crimean war, understood and witnessed such behavior. He could not have written “War and Peace” if he did not have that experience. He also understood human nature, as did Shakespeare, and also recognized hypocrisy and self serving posturing.
Y’know Nietzsche said that ‘Out of Chaos Comes Order’.
The point of Nietzsche was that individuals pursuing their own best interests for their own gratification somehow transforms into a viable civilization and not a mindless mob. Nietzsche’s insight reflected a truth regarding the human species. When individuals or governments throughout history have limited individual liberty, civilizations have declined.
It never bothered me that mountains were there.
During my time in Africa the missionaries I encountered were a pleasant break from the scum I dealt with on a daily basis. Opposite end.
The missionaries always seemed joyful and happy... that’s not easy in some places.
Have very little sympathy for people who die taking inordinate risks for their own gratification. The real tragedy is when rescuers or emergency personnel die or get hurt trying to deal with these adventurers.
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I’ve been saying exactly the same thing for decades. I certainly would never risk life or limb to rescue anyone who takes inordinate risks.
Like isn’t meant to be lived on the couch.
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Neither is life! And anyone who wants to risk theirs should have no fear that I would ever stand in their way! Want to take a nap on the train tracks? Please go right ahead!
Try reading Nietzsche and you will better understand the narcissism of these inordinate risk takers.
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Excellent suggestion, but I can no longer bring to mind any of his relevant insights, can you?
Their walk doesn’t match at all with your mental image of mission work.
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Most of them have no serious problem, but every once in awhile a few get eaten for dinner!
You have no idea what missionary work is, or why Christ commanded us to undertake it.
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Really? You know him that well, do you?
Are you still just telling people to go read Nietzsche to see what he had to say about male courage and daring rather than just telling us what you think he was saying?
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