Posted on 05/26/2011 8:31:11 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
John Delaney, founder and CEO of Intrade, the prediction market, has died while trying to climb Mt. Everest.
He was less than 50 meters from the top, according to the Daily Mail.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/intrade-founder-john-delaney-dies-on-mt-everest-2011-5#ixzz1NWGn2RKK
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Interesting to see online videos when these guys reach the summit...they can hardly breath! A Japanese fellow died at 28,000 feet as well awhile back.
Also interesting...they are experimenting taking Viagra for these climbs...some have done so. Seems it opens the blood vessels and allows for more oxygen to circulate which is a serious problem for these hikers when they get to heights such as this.
Yes, they both knew the risks and that these climbs would pose the possibility of death. Their choice just the same.
I was pregnant when the decision had to be made to wait until my husband was drafted or enlist and have the advantages offered at that time. It was a no brainer...he enlisted and was sent to Korea for a year...our son was born while he was there. Red cross notified him he had a son, as he was on the DMZ, which at that time was active military shots from both sides.
So for me to understand this couple...well...again their decision.
He and his wife likely discussed his trip and agreed on it before his daughter was conceived. It would be shameful if he had gone against the wishes of his family, if they were okay with it it’s not shameful.
This is a man that took care of his family.
Oh I don’t think he had to talk his wife into this trip at all, as you stated. She obviously stated that “they” discussed this and all whcih would entail the risk...and this not just on this climb.
Same thing goes for car racers and deep sea divers etc..etc...etc...how about hokey players who get whacked all the time....risk.
The bottom line is you cannot set priorities for other peoples decisions....and what they base those decisions on.
THE REAL HILLARY CLINTON: Episode #8 - How Did She Get her Name?
DFU | 12-28-02 | dfu
Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:07:24 AM by doug from upland
Edited on Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:34:07 AM by Admin Moderator. [history]
HILLARY EPISODES
#1 - FJB
#2 - Children in Hospital
#3 - She Throws Coffee in Marine’s Face
#4 - Dissing Health Care Execs Who Offered Solution
#5 - Hillary, the Commies, and the Black Panthers
#6 - Defiling the White House Christmas Tree
#7 - Hillary Calls the Police Murderers
NOTE: the survival of our Republic is threatened by two things — fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and Hillary Rodham Clinton. President Bush is leading the fight against the terrorists. It is up to those of us who know the real Hillary Clinton to lead the fight against her. We must shine the light of truth on this dangerous woman so that all Americans may know the real Hillary.
#8 in the continuing series.
(The following appeared in both INSIGHT MAGAZINE and NATIONAL REVIEW)
Why the name Hillary? Did her parents just like that name? Was there an aunt or grandma named Hillary? Not according to Hillary Clinton.
Most people know that the first conqueror of Mt. Everest was Sir Edmund Hillary. During an Asian tour in 1996, Hillary Clinton paid visits to Australia and New Zealand.
Our Hillary proudly told reporters that her parents named her for New Zealand’s favorite son, Sir Edmund Hillary. Apparently, Hillary Rodham’s parents must have been psychics. Sir Edmund Hillary was a beekeeper in New Zealand and, although he had been involved in mountain climbing before Mt. Everest, he really was pretty much unknown outside of New Zealand. The problem that our former First Lady must explain is how she was named for the adventurer whose Everest climb was in 1953. Hillary Rodham was born in 1947. Whoops!
It is, of course, not a big lie, but it certainly is indicative of Hillary Clinton’s aversion to the truth. She can tell lies, she can commit perjury, she can hide billing records because she has not been made to pay the price. Until she does, the lies will continue, some of which will be very detrimental to this nation.
(National Review 6/28/99)
Climbing Everest is high on that list.
What about (*cough*) Mount Whitney?
Cheers!
Like most of the people who die of drug overdoses, he died doing what he loved to do.
From: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/50493.php
“The death rate on Mount Everest has not changed over the years, with about one death for every 10 successful ascents. For anyone who reaches the summit, they have about a 1 in 20 chance of not making it down again. “
It’s shameful, regardless. He has three small children that will now grow-up without a father because he put his own pleasure ahead of his children’s need of a father. Good parents don’t value their own jollies over raising their children.
Mt Everest is as close to heaven as you get!
Anyway how old was this dude? If he was over 45 why participate in a grueling sport which can be life threatening?
Fathers (or mothers, for that matter) of young children should not take frivolous risks. This wasn’t the man’s job. It was his hobby.
Who are you to say where he belonged, how do you know he would be alive? This man had two sons, and took care of his family. I think it’s sick that you would try to demean this man.
The cruising altitude for most airlines is 30,000 feet. Private jets (like the one who probably flew him to the Himalayas) usually cruise at 40,000 or even 50,000 feet.
$20K was a drop in the bucket for him. He left a wife who was probably about 7 months pregnant to go camp for two months and then risk his life.
The sun is out, usually the monsoons start to make climbing impossible around this time of the year.
You risk your life driving to and from work which I’m sure he did while his wife was pregnant. This is a trip that takes a year or more of preparation to attempt, it’s not something that you do if your family isn’t okay with, he likely would not have gone if his wife wasn’t okay with him going and possibly missing the birth of their daughter.
agreed 100%
I work from my guest house. Most people have to drive to work to earn a living. Risking your life while your wife is close to giving birth was not necessary.
When our children are young, we always worry about them. Now that mine are grown, I worry much less about flying than previously. If something happens to me, I know they are going to be okay. I am very sorry he died, but this was narcissistic and he thought only about himself and self-aggrandizement.
Yes, That which I’ve read says he indeed took care of his family and was a loving father and husband.
It really is ‘a shame’ people are so critical of this family’s decision. ..after-all it was their life to choose how they will live it, and God gives us all that freedom.
This man had been climbing for sometime and his wife referred to him as “Her adventurer” with much pride. Obviously his skill was something she admired about him, and likely an attraction when they met.
I have a brother-in-law that likes to hunt for big game in Newfoundland. He’s an adventurer as well and loves the hunt. I think it’s pretty much a man-thing...they love to test their physical limits and challenges which take them there.
May God truly comfort his wife and family, and may they aways remember him with the great love, admiration, and the respect he sought and won in their hearts.
Well....I was thinking of terra firma lol! If you wish to go purely on altitude gained, the moon astronauts were the farthest human beings from earth.
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