James Kim finally found dead

[jdrake90]

For those of you who have been following this story... this is a huge blow... cnet.com is a major technology resource center and James Kim is one of their best editors... they final found him (see the wikipedia link for a full story) dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_kim

This is so sad... he was a great guy... really funny and a pillar of the CNET editor community.

Jdrake90

 

[d94]

damn, thats crazy stuff

 

[aaronjb]

Please, let's not echo the crap on digg and reddit (regarding Mr. Kim's decision to leave the car).

Heartbreaking story, really. If you're interested in making a donation to Kim's widow and children, head to:

http://www.jamesandkati.com/

 

[Randyman...]

He was a good man. Such a tragedy IMO...

 

[wa77ss]

How strange

 

[RangerXLT8]

It's a damn shame. He was not trained in survival, because leaving his family and the shelter of his car in that wilderness was a big mistake.

EDIT: His dad is a billionaire.

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

It could have just as easily turned out the other way, he walks to safety but his family doesn't make it. People saying that it's always a mistake to leave don't consider a persons experience or ability, It's easy to say now he should have never left but I disagree with the advice it's a rule everyone should follow. This is how I see it - He stayed with them for a week before going for help, at that point it must must have been an extremely difficult decision and in my mind he is nothing short of a hero, especially knowing that he wasn't the most skilled outdoorsman. He did it for his family, and unfortunately he died for his family.

 

[Randyman...]

I would have thought (being a Tech/Hardware type guy) he would have had some sort of GPS unit on him. That could have made a significant difference IMO. Hindsight is 20/20.

 

[RangerXLT8]

I would have thought (being a Tech/Hardware type guy) he would have had some sort of GPS unit on him. That could have made a significant difference IMO. Hindsight is 20/20.

That crossed my mind to. Mother nature can be wicked..... Who knows the snow storm may have blocked the GPS from working.....