Not a good start to the week

[sobo]

The deceased is Mr. Eduard Burceag.

His wife (the doctor) is Mariana Burceag.

The friend is Daniel Vlad.

 

Seattle Times link

[ivan]

vaya con dios, amigos.

 

and speaking so of the dead is a vital part of feeling alive - and immortal

[Frikadeller]

Rest in peace, Mr. Eduard Burceag.

 

 

I share your pain in your loss, Mariana Burceag.

 

 

I lost my Father in a similar climbing accident. It's part of the measure of the Mountains. A calculated risk, we, as climbers, take.

 

The rewards are great, but the risk is as well. We measure the balance of risk versus reward constantly, and make informed choices.

 

We never know if the next trip is our last. That is the sacrifice we make.

 

 

 

[ashw_justin]

Weather has been the major factor in a lot of accidents lately. Nature: it's stronger than us and it doesn't care.

[goatboy]

Here are some details about the deceased and some sad info about how he died trying to shelter his wife from high winds and the storm.

 

Condolences and best wishes to the survivors.

SEATTLE TIMES LINK

[ScaredSilly]

Another article on the events. One of the better written articles about a rescue.

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hikers12-2008jun12,0,5906441.story

 

 

[ivan]

Another article on the events. One of the better written articles about a rescue.

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hikers12-2008jun12,0,5906441.story

 

good article - a lot more details - damn shame they just didn't stay in the hut - this was a preventable tragedy.

[rob]

Sad

 

"He basically sacrificed his life for his wife," David Gottlieb, lead climbing ranger at Mount Rainier, said Wednesday. "Imagine you're laying in the snow. It drains you."

 

....

 

Eduard Burceag lay on the ground. His wife was sandwiched between him and Vlad, Gottlieb said. Despite the pleas of his wife and Vlad, he refused to move.

 

[Frikadeller]

vaya con dios, amigos.

 

and speaking so of the dead is a vital part of feeling alive - and immortal

 

 

 

WTF?!?!?

 

Are you just an asshole, or what?

 

[ivan]

vaya con dios, amigos.

 

and speaking so of the dead is a vital part of feeling alive - and immortal

 

 

 

WTF?!?!?

 

Are you just an asshole, or what?

i am, but perhaps you missed the context? - poster before said its common for folks who engage in a dangerous occupation to discuss the details of another's disaster in such a way as to reassure themselves that similiar things couldn't happen to them - i was agreeing. i prefer to think of myself as immortal and incapable of error, though i fear in the back of my mind i'm just as susceptible as the unfortunate folks in this disaster.

[Bandit]

6 9 1200 22 97 36 46 55 353

6 9 1300 19 95 31 45 57 353

6 9 1400 21 97 29 42 57 353

6 9 1500 21 97 35 45 54 353

6 9 1600 20 97 28 47 61 353

6 9 1700 21 96 43 54 71 353

6 9 1800 17 96 32 49 62 353

6 9 1900 14 95 24 45 65 353

6 9 2000 8 91 24 42 61 353

6 9 2100 6 91 11 37 55 353

6 9 2200 8 92 22 44 57 353

6 9 2300 9 93 34 48 59 353

6 10 0 10 93 39 49 59 353

6 10 100 10 93 36 51 61 353

6 10 200 12 94 27 45 59 353

6 10 300 12 94 7 29 45 353

6 10 400 14 95 4 11 24 353

--------------------------------------------------------Here are the weather facts up at Muir for the times of the hike. High winds and cold temps were brutal.

[sk]

vaya con dios, amigos.

 

and speaking so of the dead is a vital part of feeling alive - and immortal

 

 

 

WTF?!?!?

 

Are you just an asshole, or what?

i am, but perhaps you missed the context? - poster before said its common for folks who engage in a dangerous occupation to discuss the details of another's disaster in such a way as to reassure themselves that similiar things couldn't happen to them - i was agreeing. i prefer to think of myself as immortal and incapable of error, though i fear in the back of my mind i'm just as susceptible as the unfortunate folks in this disaster.

 

you are and thats one of the reasons we love you here I hate when i come to visit cc.com and find a story like this. it is a reminder of how precious and fleeting this all is. brings thoughts of Jim Anglin to mind.

 

Funny I know that Jim did not invent the quote, he never claimed to, but in my mind it is him and when it was used in KungFu panda i wept like the little girl i am at heart.

 

"The past is history, the future a mystery and today is a gift. thats why we call it the present."

 

peace to all involved, those who remain and those who have gone.

Edited June 17, 2008 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer