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Memorials / Plaques 11-Nov-2006 At 2:22:27 PM Climboholic

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On 10/11/2006 ithomas wrote:
>Battle fields are full of memorials. Places of death such as the
>Kokoda Track, Tobruk, Poziers, Gallipoli are almost places of worship;
>often unfortunately to people who don't truly understand what happened
>there.

There is a big difference! These people were KILLED fighting for their country. Most of them didn't want to be there but served out of a sense of duty.

>in my estimation no one who ever died climbing, was doing what they loved.

To state the obvious, falling to their death isn't doing what they loved. But nobody forces us to climb against our will. We know the risks and we accept them.

Climbing is a selfish past time. We do it for our own satisfaction and if a tragedy occurs it is our friends and family that deal with the consequences.