death at a young age is never pleasant - we had one suicide and one death in our hall at Uni, the latter a real tragedy as he was a dedicated climber and when roped to six inexperienced climbers above Lochnagar, they dragged him over the cliffs in a white-out. He was trying to get them to halt but they blithely kept going....couple of them dead. His father (Glaswegian) was most stoical about it, saying that if he had to go early, he would have wanted to go in the Highlands mountains....
However, more positively, if that is what you want tinks, go for it - I would say get a year or two years under your belt as that gives you a good practical base to work from.....and a chance to build your financial base up a bit.