Man dies on Ben Nevis - addition

On Monday, I wrote an entry Man dies on Ben Nevis, about a walker who suffered a heart attack whilst ascending Ben Nevis, and later died. I had a reaction from AOL user twigi1000 who was in the party with the man who unfortunately lost his life last Saturday. I quote:

I was in the same party as the gentleman who lost his life on Ben Nevis at the weekend and I am upset to find people speculating on the cause of his death.  I can inform you and anyone else who reads this blog that the gentleman in question was very fit and had trained hard for this challenge.  The group were attempting the three peak challenge for which the gentlman in question had completed successfully 2 years previous.  The team were well prepared and had extremely experienced leaders.

I completely agree that people do attempt these challenges without the proper training and equipment however on this occasion it was just down to bad luck.  He had a loving family and I don't think it is fair on them for people to assume he hadn't prepared properly.

Thanks
#2 Comment from twigi1000 - 04/07/07 15:02

I want to place on record that I have no reasons to assume that poor preparation, leadership or fitness had anything to do with the gentleman's untimely death, and my comments were not intended to hint in that direction at all. I sincerely apologise for any distress caused by my comments, which was wholly unintentional, and would like to extend my condoleances towards family and friends of the victim of this unfortunate incident.

I report incidents and events across the Highlands and Islands to reflect what goes on here, and to some extent also to educate or at least raise awareness. As so often in the land of blogging, you have to be ever so careful in your choice of words, particularly if you are discussing fatalities. I got it wrong this time.