The world’s highest peak has claimed another victim. Swiss climber Ueli Steck died in an extremely grisly accident - reports are he fell over 1000 feet and his body was in pieces.
On Facebook, some people were speculating on foul play (Steck had been involved in a violent conflict with Sherpas years earlier), but most reports say this was clearly an accident…
Huh. 1000 meters is more than twice the height of the Sears/Willis Tower in Chicago. A quick google later and it probably took about 15 seconds to fall that distance. That’s assuming an unobstructed fall and not bouncing off the landscape.
I’m hoping that when the end did come it was quick and he didn’t suffer pain.
Yep. I was conflating the comment made by someone else with his own comment that he “never risks [his] life”. The point still stands. His perception of risk was obviously very different from mine. Not a criticism of him, just an observation on how different we all are.