There is no nobility in dying from stupidity - dying for nothing, and hurting your family in the process, and also causing others to risk their lives.
Not all people have to take serious risks with their lives in order to feel alive.
You say he was a fighter. Fighter of what? A self-created disaster? Other than ego-stroking and/or personal gratification, what benefit would he derive had his climb been successful? What benefit does his family derive from his unecessary and completely avoidable death?
In WWII, mountaineers and climbers of the American Alpine Club, along with the American Ski Patrol Committee worked with the War Dept to form the 10th Mountain Division which IIRC is currently active in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Check out the American Alpine Club and 10th Mountain Division...see if you think ego plays any roll in it.