i just read the news of a mountaineer who was blinded and left to die 250m from summit of Mt Everest...
It took four hours for the fellow climbers and sherpas to help the stricken mountaineer down to Mushroom Rock at an alitutde of 8600 metres, but they never managed to clear him of the 8000-metre "death zone".
Mr Kinloch is the 30th climber to die on the mountain in the past five years. He lies now with the many bodies now scattered on the upper slopes.
It is not uncommon for climbers to perish in the "death zone" on Everest, and more than 200 of the 4000 people that have made the summit have died in the attempt.
Mr Kinloch’s father, Peter Senior, told the Daily Mail: "We can take comfort in that he achieved one of his lifetime's ambitions.“How many people can say they stood on top of the world?"
Mr Kinloch is the 30th climber to die on the mountain in the past five years. He lies now with the many bodies now scattered on the upper slopes.
It is not uncommon for climbers to perish in the "death zone" on Everest, and more than 200 of the 4000 people that have made the summit have died in the attempt.
Mr Kinloch’s father, Peter Senior, told the Daily Mail: "We can take comfort in that he achieved one of his lifetime's ambitions.“How many people can say they stood on top of the world?"
it MAY be comforting to some that Mr Kinloch did reach the summit of Mt Everest- something that many people have not done. but why is it that we value so much being the FIRST or the ONLY or ONE OF THE FEW to have done something which many others haven't? i mean... if it is going to cost you your life....why choose to die doing that.. of all things? i suppose he didn't expect to die.. obviously....
it broke my heart though, when i realised how many of us are blinded by our desires to achieve, to succeed and to earn ourselves a name, to gain glory.. and have somehow missed the main point of the purpose we were created for. Is it worth it to have much passion about something, and put all your heart and soul into perfecting that skill to gain a crown that does not last?
Have you ever wondered why we're here?
Hohum.
On a brighter note, guess who's here! ((:
the loveliest people in the world!!!!!
Thank You God for
a mummy who wakes up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for me
a daddy who stays up till late trying to fix my computer for me
a sissy who cleans the house and does some laundry
:Dfeels like a piece of singapore in perth. havent had my home so lively in a while!
Psalm 25:4-6
Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.