Sad news - It looks like Michael Moseley has been found

Very sad, and his poor family having to return home without him.
I guess the major flaw was, as described by his wife, that he took the wrong road leading over rougher terrain.

RIP

Dingleberry he was hardly 'trekking off'! I understand he was walking back to the apartment and it was less than an hour's walk away. He was an apparently fit 67, and he had an umbrella to keep the sun off him - it's the kind of thing I would certainly do, to keep fit on holiday, and may well have been what he and his family did all the time. The only thing that's a bit puzzling is that he said he felt unwell, but maybe the only way back was to walk - we cannot judge. He was a lovely man, wise and likeable - I'm very, very sad RIP Michael

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A sad end to a life. At least the family know now. The not knowing is worse.

Times on line have now posted his Obituary.
There is also an unpleasant pictures too of where they found him with rescue team covering there noses.
Such a shame, poor family.

I had never given a thought to my mobile tracking where I had been.
However, I had a Google alert this morning, which showed all my locations for the month of May. Big brother is watching us indeed! .

I don't want to switch it off, as I use WhatsApp location facility, when I am out on my own, in case I take ill, then DH knows where I am.

Dingleberry

This is happening much too often now, people going off trekking without the proper gear. All he had was a bag and an umbrella. It is sad but so much expense and police time taken up by looking for people who have not had the common sense to ensure they have the correct walking gear with them.

People have taken risks since the dawn of time.

As humans we don't always compute these risks as we should when we decide to do something spontaneously. And I'm guessing that mostly, we get away with it.

And, even if he'd had the correct walking gear, he could still have had an accident.

I don't think this is the right time to blame the victim or castigate him for the time spent by the emergency services in their attempts to find him. These services will always exist - but they are really not called on that often considering the unknown number of risks - both calculated and unrecognised - that people take with their lives.

Galaxy

You have absolutely no idea if a mobile phone would have helped him in anyway.

True, but having a mobile with you gives those searching a better chance of finding you sooner, even after the battery runs out as your location prior to the battery going is still available. Absolutely heartbreaking. A needless loss of a well loved person. I’m so sad. RIP Dr Moseley.

Whatever happened, the poor man is dead. Taken from his family too soon, thoughts are with them. RIP

I see one of the searchers has been stretchered off in the heat.

This is happening much too often now, people going off trekking without the proper gear. All he had was a bag and an umbrella. It is sad but so much expense and police time taken up by looking for people who have not had the common sense to ensure they have the correct walking gear with them.

Michael Mosley was one of those people who, one felt, one kind of knew through his broadcasts. He was prepared to show vulnerability but put a positive spin on life. I shall miss his presence on radio and TV.

He appears to have been on a bit of an 'adventure' walk, and from what his family say, they appear to be taking some small comfort from the fact he was doing something he enjoyed.

As for the mobile 'phone matter - it may or may not have made a difference if he'd had it with him.

Many of us carry them automatically, but you can't go through life living on the razor's edge every time you leave the house or do something spontaneously.

Very sad for the whole family, but now the agony of "not knowing" is over.

I'm not going to be speculating on why he decided to walk where he did or why he decided not to have his mobile with him. Sometimes we just do things because we want to.

Some years ago my husband took our grandson for a coastal walk in his buggy. Grandson took off his hat and threw it towards the rocks. Instead of leaving the hat hubby slithered down the rocks to get it. By the way leaving a toddler in his buggy. Luckily there weren't any mishaps but a split second wrong decision could have meant disaster. I'm just reminded of this today.

I cried when I heard the news yet he is not a relative. RIP Michael. So very very sad.

I was very sad to hear about Michael Mosley this morning. I couldn't really understand how it happened. I thought he was just coming off the beach and returning to where they were staying and took a wrong turning. Fron the pictures though it looked a rough terrain and hazardous.

BlueBelle you’re right about it being what you’re used to. One summer in Portugal it was 40° to 50° and much too hot for us, but the people we stayed with lived and worked through it.

Very very sad news and so horribly sad for his family I wonder why he was there…. was that on the way to where he was staying ?
I would never go out without a phone the last thing I say to myself before I shut my front door is phone, purse, keys, glasses
Millions of people do live it that heat Baggs but not so much when they are used to blooming cold weather like we are

Baggs

It is perfectly possible to walk in that heat if you know what you're doing. I've done it frequently and come to no harm. Millions of people live and work in that kind of heat all their lives.

And if you’re used to it..

Dh once scared me to death after we’d been sightseeing in Athens. It was incredibly hot and humid, we were both dripping and exhausted, and about to return to our hotel, when he insisted on climbing dozens of steps to a temple within the ancient agora.

Not long afterwards we crashed out in our hotel room, where I was soon woken up by his weird, alarmingly noisy, stertorous breathing. I dare say it was ‘just’ heatstroke, but I had to wake him up, convinced he was about to die on me.

Thankfully I think he’d have more sense nowadays, than to over exert himself in such heat and humidity.

It is such sad news.

Not sure if this is the place for discussing the merits of carrying a mobile 'phone, I learnt a lesson a year or so ago.
I set off to walk to our nearest post-box, posted letter and then decided I didn't want to go straight home, so crossed the road into woodland and walked a bridle path.

Halfway round this 2 mile trek I thought "oh, I rather like this, no one in the world knows where I am" that was when it sank in how ridiculous I was - plenty of exposed tree roots to trip over. Without a phone goodness knows how long I would be laying there had I fallen and hurt myself.

Carrying a phone everywhere does not do any harm. It weighs nothing and takes up no space. It might be useful, it might not ... but it definitely won't be useful if you don't have it with you.

So very sad, we watched his TV programmes and listened to his podcasts, he seemed a very nice man. I hope he died of natural causes and that it was a very quick death.
RIP. and condolences to his family.

So sad however much better to find his body than to be forever wondering.
I agree a phone is an almost must have these days for so many reasons.

It is perfectly possible to walk in that heat if you know what you're doing. I've done it frequently and come to no harm. Millions of people live and work in that kind of heat all their lives.