Got to say though, that is a shocking piece of subjective journalism. If the topic was slightly different this is the kind of thing that would normally be slated on pprune. I'll hand it to the guy, he had a go and was beaten under difficult conditions, there's no shame in that. It annoys me that someone from the safety of their airconditioned office can slate a person who has reached the limits of his abilities in such difficult conditions.
The pilots story is one of heroism, I'm certainly taking nothing from that. Was this journalist also suggesting that Shackleton et al were not heroic?