Moral of the story, there's always an Australian crazier than you

The name is at the begining. A quick search says that he's an Australian philantropist, veteran moutain climber and author

well my brain not working on Monday, oopsie

Nah he died 6 years later of some cancer linked to asbestos, he supposedly came into contact with it as a child when he built a playhouse or something with his father.