Mothers Have It Hardest - Kyle Dempster Tribute

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

"Maybe you and I would have the same recommendation--from my standpoint to the climbers out there, and from your standpoint to the mother's of those climbers out there," Kyle Dempster said to his mother. "Talk about the worst case scenario. Don't pretend that it doesn't exist. Express the love that you have for each other, and also the insurance that, in the event of worst case scenario, life will go on." On August 22nd, 2016, Kyle and his climbing partner Scott Adamson went missing on Pakistan's Ogre II. After days of bad weather, friends and family, with incredible help from the Pakistani government, were able to conduct a search, but found no trace of the two climbers. Our hearts go out to Terry and to all of Kyle's friends and loved ones. We know that he understood the risks involved in the activities he did, and we know that still doesn't it any easier for the people close to him to live with the hole he's left in their lives. Kyle was one in a billion. We originally aired a version of this episode in 2014--a story from Kyle and his mother, Terry, about the struggle of loving an adventurer. The struggle between loving them so much that you don't want to see them hurt, and loving them so much that you want to support them in pursuing their dreams and doing the things that make them tick. Last year, we reworked this piece to submit to the Third Coast Audio Festival. We have never aired this version publicly. It seemed like the right moment.

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0:00.0	So we're gonna break our normal two-week cycle because this unfortunately was not a money.
0:06.0	Hello! My name is Kyle. It's 7 o'clock in the morning and I'm making a curious stand.
0:14.0	You might ask, Kyle, why are you up so early?
0:18.0	You may have heard our friend Kyle Dempster and his partner Scott Adams and went missing
0:23.0	on the ogre 2. And after days of bad weather, friends and family with incredible help
0:28.0	from the backstanding government were able to conduct a search but found no trace of the two climbers.
0:33.0	Two years ago, Kyle and his mom Terry created this episode that you'll hear today for us.
0:38.0	We thought we'd release a slightly different version, this one we prepped for the third-coast radio festival.
0:44.0	There is a lot to say right now. I've been thinking a lot about Terry in the last few weeks.
0:52.0	Kyle's parents, Terry and Tom, Tom passed away a year and a half ago.
0:56.0	I didn't know them super well but they made an impact on me when I met them and Becca feels the same way.
1:02.0	There are stories of bike touring and backpacking with Kyle and his sister Molly.
1:07.0	They left an imprint on us when we were young parents, when Tep was just born.
1:12.0	We kind of looked at him as role models and we strive to be like them as parents.
1:17.0	Because we saw that they'd done it and maybe we could too.
1:22.0	Parenting, it is not easy.
1:24.0	And the relationship that Kyle had with his parents is something that one day I hope I can have with Tep and Wiley too.
1:32.0	So I'm thinking of you Terry and I've always loved this episode.
1:37.0	Yeah it's summer but there's also something beautiful in here.
1:41.0	This conversation between a mom and a son is just brave.
1:44.0	There's no other word for it.
1:46.0	Thank you Kyle.
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