Very interesting, and the sort of thing we should be hearing about in the northern hemisphere.The link here says it’s harder to control your temperature when you get older and heat stroke can quickly cause damage to your heart, brain and other organs.
The BBC were saying earlier that there is apparently some CCTV of him (which they've been told about, but haven't seen yet) and he can be seen walking/crawling down the path right by where he was found. He then goes out of view behind a fence and then doesn't reappear. So it sounds like he was literally struggling on, right until the last minute, then presumably collapsed from heatstroke and fell at that point, rolling the few metres off the path to the right and coming to rest by the wall/fence at the bottom. Or alternatively, there's also some speculation that rather than carry on straight down the path to the end, where it joins the beach (literally less than 100m to go) , in his desperation he might have tried to take a shortcut to get to the beach club quicker, veering off the path to the right, over the rocky ground and to the fence/wall where he was found. It's incredibly sad.I’m sick of the media reports that are totally conflicting! When did journalism become so shit?
I’ve read he fell and also he died of natural causes for heat exhaustion, he left his phone on the beach, argued with his wife, didn’t feel well etc etc. I wish they would just report the actual facts! Did he just lie down and die of natural causes or did he stumble and fall from the top of the mountain? I’m confused!
There is nobody to blame, and certainly not the government. It would be a nanny state overreaction to deny freedom to walk on a path because of an accident.the blame here, should actually fall on the island government (although clearly the mayor did an excellent and dedicated job with the search party). This path had a distinct entrance point at the end of a road in a residential street…so why wasn’t it gated off in heat where it is unsafe to walk in? If it’s dangerous even in cooler weather, especially seeing as the island doesn’t have a hospital, why have it open at all? It only leads to one very small hotel/marina. That marina is served by boats not a road, the footpath isn’t safe for general use, maybe hardcore hikers only might generally want to try it, but surely it’s better for the island to just close it off and not have these risks? Gates that open one-way only (so people can exit if they somehow got in, but not enter) would be the solution.
It would be interesting (I haven’t seen it anywhere) to know what the entrance to the path looks like from the Pedi side. Whether there is warning signage and how much of it, (and if so, how clear it is that it’s not a general precaution bit a serious risk of death)
I agree. And the Mayor, the police, and local people tried so hard to help.There is nobody to blame, and certainly not the government. It would be a nanny state overreaction to deny freedom to walk on a path because of an accident.
It’s been baffling me that he tried to battle home alone on foot, when he must have already been feeling the ill effects of the heat, without asking for help.I do wonder whether he’d missed a bus, maybe gone to the Marina a to ask about a boat, found nothing and didn’t want to walk back on himself from the Marina to the symi path.
I could see how, maybe he asked about a bus and none was due (bus stop witness) instead of turning at the restaurant and walking to Symi, h Carrie on along the sea to pedi Marina, no water taxis there (middle of the day, they already out or having a siesta) he thought the coast path from Agios Nicolas was ok so just thought he’d carry on this coast path to Symi, there’s a stop on the way at Agia Marina.It’s been baffling me that he tried to battle home alone on foot, when he must have already been feeling the ill effects of the heat, without asking for help.
But you could be right there; he could indeed have thought he’d get the bus home, or some other way of transport.
I must admit I have thought to myself MM did a silly thing but he was obviously fit because the press said he walked that fit bit of coastal path to Pedi in 15 minutes.I had a mild case of heatstroke a few years ago and can't believe how horrible I felt and how quickly. It's just horribly upsetting to think of how he died.
I'm type 2 diabetic, and off most of my medication thanks to Dr Mosley's advice. And finally GP's are seeing the light with low carb diets. I have most of his books and just feel so incredibly sad - it's most odd when someone has a big impact on your life even though you've never met them. I hope his family are now left quietly alone by the media with their grief.
Thank you, if this is what he was trying to do then that makes more sense. It was just an error of judgement that he decided to go by himself, in the heat and probably not as well prepared as he ought to have been. Perhaps no one else in their party wanted to go and he really wanted to see the monastery.This google review has a really good description and photos of the walk from Pedi that is the route people should take, with pics of the red and blue marked rocks that were mentioned in the press. So people do take this route but it shouldn’t be taken lightly.
Google review of Holy Monastery of Saint Marina by karen s
★★★★★ "Beautiful monastery on small island ~50 yards from Symi, which is only accessible by small boat or by hike & swim (only try this route if you are in good physical condition). To get there by hiking & swimming: start at Pedi Beach and follow the coastal road that heads North and then...maps.app.goo.gl
Wow that’s an interesting find, thank you. A massive gate as well.This google review has a really good description and photos of the walk from Pedi that is the route people should take, with pics of the red and blue marked rocks that were mentioned in the press. So people do take this route but it shouldn’t be taken lightly.
Google review of Holy Monastery of Saint Marina by karen s
★★★★★ "Beautiful monastery on small island ~50 yards from Symi, which is only accessible by small boat or by hike & swim (only try this route if you are in good physical condition). To get there by hiking & swimming: start at Pedi Beach and follow the coastal road that heads North and then...maps.app.goo.gl
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