In reply to UKC News:
What a terrible tragedy. Another brilliant climber gone, leaving a no-doubt devastated wife and two children, not to mention his parents and wider family and friends who will have to continue without him. Am I alone in thinking that this is a terrible waste of a good man who might well have survived if he had not been climbing alone?
When I started climbing many years ago, my recollection is that generally, soloing was frowned upon. The cost, to those who would naturally feel obliged to be involved in a rescue, and to the survivors if a fatality occurred, was thought to be too high. After many years out of the climbing scene, when I returned 10 years ago, I was surprised to see that attitudes to soloing had changed and it was now not only acceptable but praised and admired. Is not Tomaz Humar's death an inevitable outcome of this attitude? Or am I just hopelessly old-fashioned?