Emily Harrington climbing Moon Hill, Yangshuo, China; Photograph by Rocker Wang
Mountaineer’s body trapped in snow
"Rescue operations to trace the body of a mountaineer from Himachal were hampered in Beas Kund near Manali, after a fresh spell of snowfall on Sunday.
Two bodies, including one of a British national, were recovered from the spot on Saturday, while the body of Sanjay Kumar of Palampur from Himachal is yet to be located. The mountaineers, who had been trekking on the Rohtang Pass, died in a massive snow avalanche. They were members of Delhi-based adventure company, Wilderness Experience Expedition."
I don't have any issues with adventurists who risk their lives for the sake of thrill and fame and at times may be money. People are ready to entrust their lives to the mere hair (!) and there are instances where they die in the process.
We read and watch people performing incredible acts- eating razor blades or swallowing broken glass pieces or stones and so on. Is this not polluting the stomach?
They tie their pony tail to a 5 tonne vehicle and pull it to the amusement of the onlookers and once I read a man pulling an airplane as part of his gimmicks.
These adventurists say " After all we are all going to die one day, why not with fame ". Good. No arguments. But the issue is spoiling our pristine mountains with plastics and garbage. Even we are unable to trace the bodies of people who lose their lives in the process of climbing mountains. Scores of such bodies lie across the mountains popular for mountain trekking or tourism.
It is better if people show such adventurism in the eradication of poverty, illiteracy, diseases, war and other social ills.
An Indian stuntman attempting to break a world record by crossing a river on a zip-line -- while hanging by his ponytail -- died while performing the feat on Sunday.
Police officer Sailendra Nath Roy, 49, apparently had a heart attack as a result of zip-lining on a wire suspended nearly 600 feet in the air across the River Teesta in West Bengal, India, according to a Sky News report.
Roy holds the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip-line while hanging by his hair.
Roy’s shoulder-length hair was attached to a pulley on a wire, and he had completed about half the distance when he suddenly stopped. As a crowd looked on in horror, Roy became entangled and could no longer propel himself forward.
"Roy tried frantically to get hold of a second rope to reach the finishing point," senior police officer K Jayaraman told Sky.
After several minutes, Roy stopped moving and was eventually rescued.
No medical personnel or ambulance was present during the stunt.
He was admitted to a nearby hospital, but was declared dead by doctors after a suspected heart attack.
April 28, 2013 - People watch as Indian Sailendra Nath Roy attempts to cross Teesta river suspended from a zip wire attached to his ponytail moments before his death in Siliguri, West Bengal state, India. (AP)
NONE CAN SAVE YOU WHEN YOU STRUGGLE FOR YOUR LIFE: THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PRESERVE YOUR AUTOGRAPHS. SHOULD YOUR LIFE GRAPH END IN OTHERS' AUTOGRAPHS? Think GUINNESS' record holders.
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