[bob351]

*goes up not does up

[Shakey]

I guess that is higher than helicopters can fly.

[vagabond]

Very driven people, these climbers.

[DannyDrama]

Originally Posted by vagabond ↗

Very driven people, these climbers.

'Driven' enough to leave a guy to die cold and alone so they could get to the top. Damned if I'd ever want to be that driven.

[mongoose777]

What can the climbers do?
They can't carry a person up and down,
or risk certain death themselves.
More like where is a rescue crew?
Probably too much risk for them as well.
I've heard of a video, I am gonna try and find it.
I gotta admit that its weird to watch someone leave
a person to die.

[Kelseecat65]

Another thread with additional pics & videos

http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...3/index34.html

[Cumulonimbus]

Originally Posted by CaSe ↗

The first pic is from a documentary about Everest. A group came upon him in the same cave as the guy below him w/ the green boots, blue pants and red jacket. He was still alive when they saw him but they elected to continue to the summit. There's another thread somewhere that mentions it. Brutal stuff.

David Sharp?

[Pyramid_Head]

Not very smart people were they.

[Cumulonimbus]

Pic 2 (double pic) is Tsewang Paljor, the "Green Boots" Gentleman MisterE and CaSe mentioned.

Pic 3 is George Mallory.

Pic 4 is Marko Lihteneker.

Pic 6 is from a Spanish expedition from the 70's or 80's. Not sure of the name.

[surfaces]

There's one of a woman too, can't remember her name but the pic isn't anything great anyway. The one sitting up against it's pack, isn't that a woman too? Damn, it was only a week or so ago I was researching this!

As for leaving David Sharp to die in Green Boots cave, and leaving other injured parties, going up Everest is survival of the fittest. If you can't do it under your own steam, you can't do it at all and it's unreasonable to expect people to jeopardise their lives for you.