News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda Peak.

Re:The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda ... by lifestyleguru on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @03:26AM (#45100087)
> part of her quest to complete the Snow Leopard challenge by climbing all five 7,000m peaks in the former USSR.

I just don't understand these challenges but at least it's a self resolving problem.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda ... by hainkind on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @03:53AM (#45100248)
It's not. There are people with an adventure-dimension in their personality and that's a good thing. Otherwise we wouldn't be typing here and still be sitting in a cave somewhere.

She died while doing what she loved/ was obsessed with and there are certainly worse deaths.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda ... by Mars008 on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @03:24PM (#45107822)
> There are people with an adventure-dimension in their personality and that's a good thing

The funny thing is this behavior was observed in animals (rats, as they are commonly used in experiments) in labs. So, it's not human specific.

[ Parent | on HN ]