Not to be mean, or argumentative, but who cares? From what I hear, a lot of people lost people in Nepal today. The attitude is not directed at you, but the press that elevates this one person above the rest.
I don’t think it’s elevating one person above the rest. It’s a local angle to a faraway tragedy.
I sure hope that he was able to pay his Sherpas with his four month vacation pay before he assumed mountain temperature!