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May 22, 2019
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kotacoug
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Fell at the summit.... meaning fell ill at the summit or literally fell at the
Summit. Weird wording in that article
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Utah man dies on Everest
Faceman
5/22/19 11:42am
I know that guy. Was a great sales guy at Omniture
DazeofBlue
5/22/19 11:47am
I swear I saw a Ute fan tweet from base camp last week. Was it him?
cougfanblue
5/22/19 11:49am
It was the lawn guy.
cougfanblue
5/22/19 11:50am
Wait, so it was or was not him? I've seen the ute fan tweets too.
RdF3
5/22/19 12:04pm
No, different guy. I think that Utah fan only went to base camp, didn't climb the mountain.
BengalCougar
5/22/19 12:05pm
His FB page shows he was a big U fan, even had a ski boat with U graphics on it.
BYUFBDAD
5/22/19 12:14pm
He was, still a different guy than the one I saw on twitter.
BengalCougar
5/22/19 12:17pm
Sorry, that was a horribly confusing post. I meant it was the lawn guy who tweeted from base camp.
cougfanblue
5/22/19 12:06pm
Big dude with the bike? Hard to tell from the picture if it's him
Sumguy
5/23/19 11:29am
This one hits close to home.
autonomous
5/22/19 11:53am
I’m so very sorry. Did he leave a family behind?
cougarmanguy
5/22/19 11:54am
Dang, looks like a big family.
BYUFBDAD
5/22/19 11:56am
Ugh
cougarmanguy
5/22/19 11:56am
4 kids. I think his youngest just got married.
autonomous
5/22/19 12:02pm
The sad thing is that it is highly unlikely they can even bring his body back.
CanuckUte
5/22/19 11:59am
"Bringing him down" isn't really possible anyway. If you can't come down on your
Rich Lather
5/22/19 11:59am
Yup, it's too difficult and far too dangerous to try bring a body down from that altitude.
BengalCougar
5/22/19 12:00pm
Thus the milestones on the accent are occassionally dead bodies. "Green Boots"
BostonCougar
5/22/19 12:34pm
Speaking of Green Boots, there's a fantastic documentary about climbers passing
Rich Lather
5/22/19 1:20pm
Actually, I think I mixed up climbers. This is about another climber that died
Rich Lather
5/22/19 1:34pm
I love Everest stuff. Not sure why it fascinates me so much.
CDV
5/22/19 3:12pm
Fell at the summit.... meaning fell ill at the summit or literally fell at the
kotacoug
5/22/19 12:42pm
I thought the same thing. If he literally fell a distance that caused his death
RdF3
5/22/19 12:45pm
This guy(link in post) seems to have more information from family friends
azmbacougar
5/22/19 12:54pm
Fell unconscious
Zilog
5/22/19 2:20pm
Crazy to me that people risk their lives to walk in the cold
byu1
5/22/19 12:56pm
It is not the cold that kills it is the lack of oxygen which leads to hypoxia.
CanuckUte
5/22/19 1:08pm
Man these stories of needless death make me so sad for the families left behind
TEXAS
5/22/19 1:05pm
love that gif tho. looks like you can pretty much throw it as high as you want
smokymountainrain
5/22/19 1:34pm
They’ve made it too easy and too accessible.
BNcoug
5/22/19 5:22pm
I wonder how much the traffic jam had to due with his death. Was it the long
buckeyecougarguy
5/23/19 12:56am
If it was a long ascent, should have turned around.
BNcoug
5/23/19 9:19am
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