[geoschmo]

No offense intended but this "good day to die" talk is all a bit much don't you think? This is a tragedy plain and simple. The man died too young and left people behind that care about him. And expert or not he died because he was reckless and took chances. That was part of his shtick and the reason why people liked watching his shows, but let's not turn it into something noble. It's not like he was risking his neck to save lives or anything. He was doing it simply to make compelling television.

Lot's of "experts" die every day because they get complacent and make a mistake in a dangerous situation. How many people that watched any of his shows can honestly say at some point or another they didn't see him do something and think, "this dude's gonna get himself killed someday."

Sadly there is a reason that people like Marlin Perkins and Jacques Cousteau died as old men surrounded by their grandchildren and people like Steve Irwin and Timothy Treadwell didn't.