I'm a little morbid and sick or maybe just practical, I think. My first thought (after "how's Joe doing?") was, "They were so close. I'm glad they died together, so that none has to suffer the loss of the other."
To be honest, I don't want to die too young, period, and I wouldn't want to die just because my life partner had died. I'd want to go on, go through the grief, and celebrate my partner for the rest of my life.
But part of me is glad that neither had to miss the other.
But part of me is glad that neither had to miss the other.
Me too.
I can never really predict how people will react to the death of a spouse: my whole family pretty much expected my grandmother to fold up and wither away after my grandfather's death, and she's still going strong many years later. Still, one thing I do know is that it's never easy.
On a separate note, I'm also morbidly interested in the accident details, as a pilot. (I can't get the audio stuff people have been linking to.)
Galen published a book of pictures of Tibet. He asked the Dalai Lama to write maybe a teeny introduction for it. The Dalai Lama looked at it, and was so impressed he asked Galen if he could possibly write text for the whole book. Galen's photos were that evocative.
Here's the result (http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/5570.html).
I didn't know either of them personally, but I greatly admired their work. I first became aware of Galen Rowell's work when I was a rock climber. He'd climb stuff I will never be able to do, and then he'd free up a hand to hold a camera. Since then, I've been to Yosemite many times, inspired by his photos of alpenglow. Yes, it really looks like that -- and no, despite many opportunities I haven't yet captured it myself in the slightest in any photos of mine.
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To be honest, I don't want to die too young, period, and I wouldn't want to die just because my life partner had died. I'd want to go on, go through the grief, and celebrate my partner for the rest of my life.
But part of me is glad that neither had to miss the other.
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Me too.
I can never really predict how people will react to the death of a spouse: my whole family pretty much expected my grandmother to fold up and wither away after my grandfather's death, and she's still going strong many years later. Still, one thing I do know is that it's never easy.
On a separate note, I'm also morbidly interested in the accident details, as a pilot. (I can't get the audio stuff people have been linking to.)
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Amazing work they did, it seems, from what I see on the website.
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Here's the result (http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/5570.html).
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