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.
Why?...
Eurasia? Maybe the Ural mountains but not Kamchatka
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?
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.
Read “Buried in the Sky” and/or “Into Thin Air” if you feel tempted to do something similar.
“White people die doing what they love” Tommy Sotomayor.
I dated a woman who wanted me to go hike up Mt. Saint Helens. I am an avid outdoorsman and said, “Nah” About a week after she did the hike, solo, it had a mini eruption.
Balanced on the biggest wave,
Race to-wards an early grave.
Thanks, but mountain climbing an active Volcano is not what I’d do. Racing boats and cars are my rush in life...