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Not when everyone’s looking after no.1 but if 40 people had passed a dying man, imagine if each of them had managed to move him even 10 metres.
In Sharp's case it took two of the strongest sherpas 20 minutes to move him 4 steps into the sun. Which was 20 minutes of endangering their own lives. The state of the body and mind in the Death Zone makes things that sound simple pretty much impossible. Of those 40 people, many were already in trouble with frostbite, lack of oxygen or exposure - the guy who copped most of the blame was a double amputee. Very tough decisions need to be made up there, and people know they can't expect rescue.
I don't think Everest needs to be climbed again. Leave it untouched as a monument to those left up there.
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Not when everyone’s looking after no.1 but if 40 people had passed a dying man, imagine if each of them had managed to move him even 10 metres.
400m down from the summit I bet makes a massive difference