Would you die trying?

1. Avoid the situation.

2. Not climb Mt. Everest.

3. Abandon my family.

1. Yes I'd help, I would feel like a truly awful person if I didn't. I'd probably help even if it wasn't some one disabled, but I'm more of a "call police then distract the bad people" then "punch them to make them stop" type. I dropped out of tae kwon do when we started hitting things (I was nine though).

2. Since this is a magical world where my father has ambition, yes I'd go with him, I mean, he's stuck with me my whole life.

3. No, nuh uh, never. All bets are off when you threaten suicide. Seriously. Wouldn't move to the Australia though, I'd just argue that the universities I'll be looking at are here and so here is where I should stay. To reduce travel costs of course.

edit for clarity.

edited 3rd Mar '11 8:27:07 AM by AwayLaughing

1. Walk by, and anonymously report it to teachers.

2. No, going with him isn't much of an option.

3. If my parents are prepared to drive someone, wherever or not it's someone I love that deeply, I don't think I'd talk to them again. So what is there to lose?

edited 4th Mar '11 9:15:15 AM by Yowuza

1. Not my problem, walk on by.

2.Not worth the risk, decline.

3. Australia is beautiful, the slut can kill herself.

edited 4th Mar '11 11:21:45 PM by TomWave

Does no one care about their dads?

It's not that we don't care about our dads, it's that we care about ourselves more. I can't stop him from making a terrible decision, but I can stop myself. I mean, if we were trained athletes that both participated in extreme sports all the time, then yeah. But this is about me and my dad.

I was not close to my father even before he moved out, so no.

2) Alternatively, I'd suggest to my dad that we do the Chiknook trail for training purposes and relive the Yukon gold rush days. I hear it's fantastic.

1. I'd help the kid, and knowing I will suffer cheap shots later on, go through extremes to make clear that this is war.

2. My father's will is his own business. He has lived his life. I want to live mine. Let him climb alone.

3. A family that disrespects my wishes is no family of mine. I'll stay with her.

edited 12th Mar '11 11:32:58 PM by Schitzo

The problem is that, the way the question is phrased, our dads are selfish. "Come with me to Everest because I suddenly felt like it although I know there's a good chance you won't survive"? Er, no. If the question was "a Big Bad says you should climb the Everest or else he'll kill your dad" or something like that, then probably more people would say yes.

In an instant.

Me too. But as the question stands, I'm not risking my life for the frankly immature whim of a guy going through a midlife crisis, even if he was my dad.