This mountain was also the site of the most deadly avalanche/landslide in recorded history <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Huascar%C3%A1n_debris_avalanche" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Huascar%C3%A1n_debris_ava...</a>
Read this a couple weeks ago when it came out. Great story, but yeah when having kids and a family takes another sort of person to still want to pursue those adventures. But some cannot just sit still and feel the need to push their endeavors to the highest limit.
If you liked this story, you might like the documentary “Torn,” which was made by children of Alex Lowe, a top mountaineer who disappeared in an avalanche and then his body was found years later.
Great article.<p>I am surprised at how close cooper became with the stampf family. There were others that found Bills body but only cooper stayed close.