Left to Die

A climber left to die on Mt. Everest provokes controversy in the climbing world.

Category:

• Documentary
• Nature

Tags:

• Expeditions;
• Nepal;
• Mt.
• Everest;
• climbing;
• danger;
• death;
• snow;
• ice;
• climber
• national geographic

[ralph17p]

People die every second for far more preventable reasons. Why do people get their panties in a bunch about some guy who took a risk and lost? There seems to be this belief that human life is so precious that extending it at all cost is something that should be done no matter the risk to others. But how many of these armchair critics are reaching deep and risking their mortgage for example to help starving children, but they expect others to risk their lives for one guy trying to do Everest solo.

[McDaidUSA]

Time for some capitalist to build a ski lift... Don't forget the billboards...

[OtomoTenzi]

Yeargh, now ya know why that old shithead is roastin' in HELL... : P

If you had been honest to people and treated others fairly, then at least you'd been able to sleep well at night knowin' that you did nothin' wrong to nobody.

But that shure wasn't the case with Steve Jobs tho, so he paid the ULTIMATE PRICE by losin' his LIFE and EVERYTHING ELSE he had!

I just wonder how's he gonna spend all that 100+ billion he ripped offa poor innocent folks while he's six feet under?

FUCK Steve Jobs!!!

[shawent]

@royaloreca Indeed they were very lucky , no,according to all reports neither men could walk when found,they could talk but not move.

[royaloreca]

@shawent They were lucky that they had trained professionals come to their aid, the people who passed by David Sharp would have been risking their own lives if they stopped and tried to help. Does the report indicate whether the two men could walk of their own steam at all?

[shawent]

The Cave where David was found is 1000 ft lower down than the place where Himex had their own people saved in 2001: Below the First Step the distance from the Cave to the high camp is quite short - about 300 ft. When climber's brains are shutting down from O2 deprivation, it takes quite some time to revive them - much more than a few minutes.

[shawent]

In 2001 a total of 12 people; 9 Sherpas and 3 climbers helped to rescue 2 Himex climbers [Andy and Jaime], one guide and a client, from close to the summit of Everest The three men found Andy and Jaime alive at third step at around 7 am in the morning. They could talk but not move. David, Tap and Jason administered high flow oxygen for almost two hours in addition to high altitude drugs and water to the two men. Next they took Andy and Jaime down, slowly, from 8700 meters all the way to camp.

[shawent]

Eric Simonson, an expedition leader on Everest that runs Everest expeditions every year and a man with first hand knowledge in rescuing clients on Everest was appalled at the actions so many climbers. Eric's expedition in 2001 rescued 2 members of the Russell Brice expedition in 2001 from a much higher and much more difficult location (the Third Step) on the mountain "Climbers can be too selfish, "I don't know how those people can sleep at night. It's abhorrent." Simonson was quoted.

[Ps2Viper87]

@prettyboyfloydrules There is no way to rescue someone at that altitude! It's absolutely impossible! That's the risk climbers take going to Everest!

[Ouija121085]

@prettyboyfloydrules There is not rescue possible at altitudes 8000m+ if you can't walk you are dead. People up there spend 70% of their energy just to breathe and people breathe 6-10 times and they stop every 10 seconds and rest 5 minutes. There is absolutely no way anyone could pick someone and carry tyem down specially when you haven't been to everest and haven't seen what you have to negotiate. Sure i would stop and ask if they wanted a message relyed to their family.

[prettyboyfloydrules]

@Ouija121085 so if you see someone in trouble on the way up with oxygen do you still leave them so you can summit yourself? that is the question, NOT whether or not he had oxygen but should one stop to help another out, or is the $40000 youve paid worth more than trying to save a life?