Yes, risk is part of the allure, but a small part. They’re called selfish. Selfish for leaving behind sons and daughters, wives and girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends, devastated mothers and fathers to pick up the pieces. Some have said that if these climbers truly knew the impact of their deaths, they would pack it up. Yes, agreed, but the climbers who died on Howse Peak and the dozens of others I know have been anything but selfish.

Source: New York Times April 27, 2019 14:03 UTC