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Hard to feel sympathy for rich people daring Life

posted 9 years ago by thecure-1
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I am an avid skier and get how much fun it is to push yourself etc ...
But I also know my limits and have to be responsible ...
It seems many of these guys had too much money, vanity and too much need for self-adoration and I found it hard to feel sorry for them risking their lives just to say "I did it" ... Specifically the one guy who asked the leader to go back to the top when it was way past the agreed time...
Am I alone in not feeling bad for them???

[–] jasonschultz62 9 years ago

That's the same vibe I got too! A rule in story telling is you got to care for some of the characters.

[–] Airman87 9 years ago

Um, not all of them are rich. Some just spend all their money doing what they love. One guy had three jobs! And not all of them are amateurs. Most have climbing experience. In fact, a lot of guides won't even take on inexperienced climbers because they're too high risk.

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[–] the_butch 9 years ago

find it a bit weird to see why people don't understand why they did this. mountains/mountaineering was their life. i find it hard to believe you guys don't have that one thing you want to achieve in life real bad and that nothing will stop you. that's what these guys were probably feeling. for rob hall, i'd imagine he wanted to help these guys achieve that goal since he already summited the mountain 4 times before, and knows what the feeling is like of accomplishing something you've wanted to do your entire life.

i do agree that there were some stupid decisions made- rob hall had a baby on the way so he should've stayed with his wife to help out, doug hansen was the cause of why this tragedy happened because of his will to summit the mountain (i remember hearing him say this was his last chance, was he sick or something before climbing?), harold harris shouldn't have risked his life like he did, being that high up is extremely dangerous.

i don't know man, it's a tragedy that started from one man that was bound to happen, but at the same time, i do feel for these victims. they shouldn't have gone out the way they did

[–] thecure-1 9 years ago

I understand they love what they do/did... I just cannot feel as much for someone like this as for someone who has an accident... They understand the risk, they choose to confront it and sometimes they mess up and die... It is part of the thrill they are looking (and paying) for...
"Tragedy" is what happens when you are talking peacefully a walk in Nice and someone runs you and your family over with a truck... Not when you choose to put yourself in a situation where the danger is very much the part that gives you the thrill.

[–] snelling 9 years ago

Just watched this and none of the dead have my sympathy or tears.

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[–] mazimdb-90648 9 years ago

You're not alone.

[–] sydnee_man 9 years ago

You are not alone. I felt the same way! Actually there should be a law against it.

[–] Moonlighty 8 years ago

A law against climbing a mountain? Do you even pay attention to what you say when you type?

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[–] Gabe1972 9 years ago

Nope, you aren't, but I do. Being rich doesn't give you the guts to do something neither you, nor I, would do in a million years, and it's not like these folks did not have experience climbing. If they didn't, they wouldn't have been allowed to be a part of the climb. I give them respect and DO feel sorry for them.

I love it when people put down others that have the guts to do something that you don't, so you consider it stupid.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

It's not about that they have guts or not. Of course they have, they climbed the Everest!

The problem is that the movie depicted them as if they were heroes or some sort that we ought to give sympathy. Which is absurd. Why would we? They understand the risks. Nobody asked them to do it. They know it's extremely dangerous. They know people have died attempting it. And then when it does happen to them... well, it sucks. But it's their own fault. We do feel sorry for what happened to them, but respect? Why?

[–] olioz (3861) 4 years ago

I do admire people who challenge themselves and push their limits like this but that definetely doesn't make them heroes. The only hero here was the pilot who flew up the mountain to save Beck's frozen ass.

[–] JurijFedorov 9 years ago

Unfortunately these climbers are all a bit crazy. They put their lives and a lot of money on the line for a silly climb. Most of the people are actually obnoxious *beep* It would be wrong to make them into some kind of heroes or emotional people. They are people that are experts at ignoring their emotions. This is why we get the emotional part of the movie from the 2 wives and the 2 women in the base camp. They are there to show how regular people feel about it.

[–] guanzilla 8 years ago

I felt the same way. My only caring element was for the actors that I like. I wasn't rooting for Steve or the magazine dude, but I was rooting for Jake and Michael Kelly.