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I remember reading quite a lot about her at the time. I was left with the impression that the tour operator was largely to blame as they had instilled false confidence in her. Apparently she had been fairly honest about having an average level of fitness and they had told her she would be fine as long as she walked stairs a lot.
On the same topic I also found a weird article in the Daily Mail where a BRITISH HERO! had walked past her dying on the way down, realised that the lady was dying but basically just walked on because that's what you do when you're a high achieving go getter.
On the same topic, I just found this quote from the same Brit in an Australian paper:
" ... "There was another man who was almost dead," said Ms Shuttleworth. "He was sitting attached to an anchor and he was rocking and I just thought it was a dead body rocking in the wind, but as we passed he raised his arm and looked at us. He didn't know anyone was there. He was almost dead. He was dead when we came back down. ..."
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I can't comprehend how anyone can enjoy or celebrate climbing Everest given what it has become.
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On the same topic I also found a weird quote in story in the Daily Mail where a BRITISH HERO! had walked past her dying on the way down, realised that the lady was dying but basically just walked on because that's what you do when you're a high achieving go getter.
To be fair, it's what you do if you don't want to commit suicide by stopping to try to help.
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Stonehedge
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She reached the summit in 2012 and became the landmark corpse in your link. The Canadian flag. It turned out she'd had very limited climbing experience and had previously been hospitalised after going on hunger strike for lower motor insurance premiums. A disgraceful documentary/hagiography about her tried to blame the sherpas for what happened.