Is there a source for this that isn’t just a random Reddit comment?

I have no such thing, but a few comments later another redditor gives a bit different perspective:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1pfdkfs/...

His wife took his kid to another country where he was denied entry. She’s the villain here, if there is one.

FWIW his son joined him and they walked together for a while when he was in his 20s, seems like they reconciled.

Would completely understand if the wife took the kid to another country after his idiotic decision to embark on such a trip for a bar bet. If it were my dad, I would have moved to that country myself without any qualms forever.

Also after he left, his wife literally became a single mom, and had to move to receive family support.

According to other comments in the thread, the wife left years before he did.

Had to go around the world to find milk

That would haunt me and totally fuck up any fun from travelling.

That is messed up.

Do you have first hand knowledge of the situation? No? Then don’t fucking judge and shut the fuck up.

I kind of agree with your comment, but it can be written in a nicer way

No. Lol . Do we need to follow such stupid rules of no first hand knowledge of his feats.... Should the article even be here? Lol

The article is just an interview with a dude trying something hard. There are no moral judgments about his character.

Why do you feel like you need to be morally superior to him? Life is hard and we all make mistakes.