More than 40 climbers are thought to have seen him as he lay dying, and almost all continued to the summit without offering assistance.
How sad. Too many people only care about themselves in this world.
Yes doctor, I am sick. Sick of those who are spineless. Sick of those who feel self-entitled. Sick of those who are hypocrites. Yes doctor, an army is forming. Yes doctor, there will be a war. Yes doctor, there will be blood.....
I read where Sir Edmund Hillary ripped into those people in another article. It's like some sort of code, like ships always answer another ship's S.O.S.
I would think that heading up Everest w/o the proper supplies would also be considered a major no-no. The story does point out that none of the people there had enough oxygen to get him down. Sure it seems 'cold hearted' and uncool but it also sounds as if if anybody had stopped to help him or tried to lug him down, there might have been more bodies?
AcidRock23 wrote:I would think that heading up Everest w/o the proper supplies would also be considered a major no-no. The story does point out that none of the people there had enough oxygen to get him down. Sure it seems 'cold hearted' and uncool but it also sounds as if if anybody had stopped to help him or tried to lug him down, there might have been more bodies?
I don't know what you're getting at here, but the bottom line is this - you don't leave a man behind. Period. Anyone who does this kind of climbing will tell you that.
knapplc wrote:I read where Sir Edmund Hillary ripped into those people in another article. It's like some sort of code, like ships always answer another ship's S.O.S.
I'd like to know what they were thinking.
Its a code with Hardcore climbers.
A good majority of those climbing Everest are Rich rich rich people who ran a marathon once so think they can climb. So they really aren't relaly climbers.
Real climbers climb k2 and peaks in the Andes.
Everest isn't the hardest mountain out there by far. I'm not saying it wouldn't kill me but alot of people who climb it are not the same people who climb Siula Grande or K2
AcidRock23 wrote:I would think that heading up Everest w/o the proper supplies would also be considered a major no-no. The story does point out that none of the people there had enough oxygen to get him down. Sure it seems 'cold hearted' and uncool but it also sounds as if if anybody had stopped to help him or tried to lug him down, there might have been more bodies?
I don't know what you're getting at here, but the bottom line is this - you don't leave a man behind. Period. Anyone who does this kind of climbing will tell you that.
I see what he's saying. Basically if you don't have the resources to save someone's life, you simply can't. I don't necessarily agree with that philosophy, since I find it hard to believe 40 people could walk by and no one has extra oxygen to help him down the mountain. If he's not getting oxygen where he was how would it hurt to attempt taking him down the mountain. He'd be getting the same amount of oxygen whether you chose to ignore or pulled him down without compromising your own supply.
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by BaseballFann0008 » Thu May 25, 2006 11:37 am 
Too many people only care about themselves in this world. 
