To find what’s happened to Michael Mosley quite anxiety provoking

Well we agree on something as I find your maudlin focus on this unfortunate incident to be quite weird also.

I think you are right.

I think it's shaken people up a bit as all the coverage has given us a scary reminder that humans are still vulnerable to the forces of nature and the effect those forces have on our bodies.

There have been several hikers who have died of exposure tragically close to a trail that would have taken them "home". My old neighbour's sister loved to swim in the sea at a secluded beach, until one day her clothes were found but she wasn't.

Why click on threads you dont like?

There's a million threads on mn i dont go near, maybe i should click on them and slag off the op?

She hasn’t hijacked someone’s death. It has made her feel more anxious and she wanted to discuss it and it is a reasonable response to something that has featured heavily in the news over several days.

Ha ha I am now 'hijacking' this thread because I don't agree with you? And I don't do jogging.

You have hijacked someone's death, so it's a bit rich to be mouthing off at anyone who thinks such threads are repugnant and tasteless.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/michael-mosley-missing-search-latest-greece-symi-missing-tv-doctor-bbc-b1162757.html

So I cannot find the exact quote but the Mayor said it was a two mile hike from Pedi to Symi town, in that heat it would have taken way more than forty minutes even if he had taken the direct route as it was over a treacherous mountainous region. I will try and find the quote where he states it would take a fit person three hours. It is not just geographic distance to factor in - the terrain and heat are very relevant factors. I highly doubt he could have made this in 40 minutes.

Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas, the island’s longstanding mayor, said: “We know he came through Pedi and then walked onwards towards Agia Marina, it is about two miles and a harder walk than from St Nicholas, If he did try and walk that way to Symi then that is a big mistake.

Well said.
The eleventy threads on this accident weren't enough. (Though they're equally insane with their magnifying glasses, conspiracy theories and map drawing)
Instead we needed another literally criticising the man and being furious with him for making them feel it could happen to them.
Jesus.

I didnt criticise you for discussing it I said you are being a bit dramatic. This was quite foreseeable: it was not a random and.or a freak occurence. Even the mayor of Symi was aghast that he chose to carry on walking rather than have a cool drink in an air conditioned cafe once he had reached Pedi. He made very bad decisions. Nothing extreme about this at all to wararnt getting so worked up about.

That was a speculative article posted before he was even found. Have a look at Google Maps.

I got similar anxiety when the princess if wales got diagnosed with cancer. I thought if she can get it, anyone can. Money, lifestyle, great genes, healthy and fit. It doesn't seem to matter.
I feel the same with MM. Smart, educated, sensible and fit. It didn't matter.

I guess what this shows above all is our vulnerability.

Its the "what it's" that fill me with anxiety.

He took an unnecessary risk which goes against all medical advice (ironically). Please relax and enjoy your life but don’t do anything stupid. I will miss Dr Moseley but he really did know better.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/michael-mosley-rescuers-fear-wrong-turn-dangerous-mountain-path/ This is one of many articles that stated the hike from Pedi to Symi town was three hours.

People are still implying his behaviour wasn’t extreme on that day even though the locals and the mayor clearly thought it was. I think the late Dr Mosley was terrified of ending up like his father and had the motto what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I tried his 800 cal diet very extreme tbh and couldn’t manage it more than a few days. I think as you get older you shouldn’t put your body through extremes as you get older, you have to be very in tune to what your body is telling you. Even younger sports people are now found to suffer more from things like motor neurone disease.

Not read all the posts. I’m an ICU nurse in a major trauma centre. Highly intelligent people do really stupid things all the time; I know because we pick up the pieces. People fall down stairs drunk, they take drugs and overdose, they try to unalive themselves, they get hit by buses, they die of heatstroke, and a zillion other things.

If you’ve seen what I’ve seen, you’d never leave the house. Honestly. Intelligence is not always a factor in doing stupid things. In fact, intelligence can sometimes drive arrogance; he probably thought he’d be absolutely fine. He didn’t set out to kill himself. It was a stupid mistake. Something that intelligent people do, daily. Anyone interested in the science and psychology of this should into ‘human factors’. It’s super interesting and highlight how we make mistakes and why!

Your speculation is just as pointless as anyone else’s. We don’t know what happened but it is fact that it was 40C that day and that sort of heat can cause all kinds of health problems, even in healthy people. 4,500 people died in the short heatwave we had in the UK in 2022.

So weird to be angry with MM and on behalf of his wife too.

He might just have taken a very unfortunate wrong turn. The fact that he collapsed near the fence suggests to me that he might have seen the building and been trying to reach it and then realised there was a fence between him and safety. That’s very sad if true.

I am 15 years younger than MM, but also of the generation not used to taking my phone everywhere. I sometimes go on remote hikes and I have no reception to call anyone anyway.
I don’t think I am anymore likely to collapse now than when I was 30, though I probably am. I don’t think of myself as old. My dad is 82 and still walks everywhere without a phone.

I haven't really got a person like that in my life.

Yes, but we don't know why he was stumbling and whether they would have been able to treat it straight away.