Adventuring has to be risky or it is hardly being adventurous, do you think Tilman did the wrong thing, or that the mountain climber who dies shouldn’t have done those things?
The risk Tillman took was putting his life in the hands of others. You start with the jock/testosterone mentality that thinks you’re invincible and can go on and do good deeds like superman. The entire country felt that way when Viet Nam was threatened. We learned. 911 happens and Tillman’s knee jerk reaction was to go and fight. Laudable yes but smart? Same with the Lone Survivor flick/novel. These guys got themselves killed when they let 4 goat herders who discovered them walk away. They should have aborted the mission or murdered them. Testosterone and the stigma of failure got in their way plus don’t leave out their values of right and wrong. Tillman and his makeup did him in. I just wouldn’t put myself in position to let someone else put my life in danger.