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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Who’s to say he wasn’t murdered by one of the guides. Think about it. His body will be up there forever. No one will ever know.
What might seem 'frivolous' to some would not be that to others. People make decisions everyday that are frivolous and others which are not. You cannot determine these for other people....or for that matter for their children. The parents decide that as well.
So he would have lost anywhere from $20K to $100K, a drop in the bucket to him.
How does that compare to a child that will grow up never knowing their father? Maybe she is better off not knowing him.
Greetings tuckrdout:
Couldn’t put Into Thin Air down either.
Cheers,
OLA
O yeah, a child who depends on him and he is risking his life for what? What a waste.
Acute mountain sickness:
- an illness that can affect mountain climbers, hikers, skiers, or travelers at high altitude (typically above 8,000 feet or 2,400 meters).
- is due to a combination of reduced air pressure and lower oxygen levels at high altitudes.......The faster you climb to a high altitude, the more likely you will get acute mountain sickness....... Your symptoms will also depend on the speed of your climb and how hard you push (exert) yourself.
- The main treatment for all forms of mountain sickness is to climb down (descend) to a lower altitude as rapidly and safely as possible.
Complications:
- Coma
- Fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema)
- Swelling of the brain
He was an idiot. He had a young family. Family men do not indulge themselves in dangerous hobbies, especially one that kills about 1 in every 15 men who attempt it.
Tonight at dinner our 15 year old son said he wants to climb Everest . . . not a dream I really want to encourage. He loves to climb, and scares the daylights out of me. I don’t think he heard about this death yet, but I’m sure he wouldn’t think the odds apply to him.
Please point out to me where I’ve said that anyone but the parents should make decisions for their children. I haven’t.
What I have done is criticize the decisions that were made. Mr. Delaney’s attempt to climb Mt. Everest was indeed frivolous. There was no necessity in it. It was entirely optional. He willingly took a very dangerous trip while he still had young children; the latest statistics I can find states there is “one death for every 10 successful attempts” to climb Mt. Everest. For his own jollies, he went to a place named the “death zone”. In addition, he took the ill advised trip while his wife was close to her due date to deliver their third child. It all adds up to an irresponsible, selfish, man-child who valued his own fun more than he valued his family.
There will likely come a time in each of his children’s lives when they understand just how selfish their father was. It may be when their first child is born, or when they are faced with a decision whether to place a higher priority on their family or their own personal fun. When that day comes, the real fruits of their daddy’s decision will be seen. It won’t be pretty.
We may need to agree to disagree because I’ve seen absolutely no evidence that his decision to take this trip was anything but self-indulgent joy-riding.
He was 42 I think, and may have wanted this climb under his belt before the time-line of his health would compromise this expedition. Apparently had attempted this climb 5 years ago...near when he married his wife.
Yes indeed we will have to disagree on how we see decisions made by two adults more than capable of discerning and determining for themselves and their children what that might mean. I vote for their freedom to do just that.
I also vote for their freedom to make their own decisions; I have never even given the slightest indication of anything else. The capabilities of these parents, however, to make good decisions is still not in evidence as far as I’m concerned.
I also vote for my freedom to criticize them.
I noticed the last two days, the telltale snow blowing from the jet stream, wasn’t there. It looked like good climbing weather (for Everest).
By whose standards?
Apparently not according to the standards of what they determined their life would entail...which included a husband who mountain climbs...and that even after child no. one and two had been born. So it was as much a part of their life as any decisions coupes such as themselves make. I think those best to judge this couple, if any at all, would be those who also have mates, or both, who enjoy adventerous lifestyles...for we all do determine those.
Sad and tragic -- but what were the odds?
ha! i remember when she made this ludicrous claim... what a moron...
as long as he died happy... doing what he loved, she should be fine with it... /s
>> Intrade Founder John Delaney Dies On Mt. Everest
The irony of odds.
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