Jake Humphrey

And what did your parents show you about how to deal with that?

I remember when we first found out.

We were in the French West Indies at the time that we got the call.

I was in my room and they were in theirs, the room above me, and they kind of called me and they said to come upstairs, came upstairs, and they...

were kind of holding each other and they were very sad.

The atmosphere was very awkward in the room.

It was strange because I'd never seen my parents upset before.

And they kind of held me as well and said, Michael is lost on the mountain.

Um, and I can remember at the time just being quite naive and just thinking, well, you know, that's, that's fine.

Obviously, you know, I'm sure, I'm sure he'll be found.

And so it didn't hit me until quite a lot later, but he, um,

They were very strong.

My mum in particular was incredibly strong.

She was broken by it, incredibly sad, and so was the whole family.

Nobody has been the same, exactly the same since.

But they never showed a lot of it.

They shielded me from how they really felt in order to let me live my life as a 10-year-old.

I was never dragged into the very pure sadness of it all.

It was kind of go and play and see your friends, and it wasn't so much a... I think you would exclude a 10-year-old from the turmoil of that situation.

So I remember them dealing with it quite well for me.