The allure of mountain climbing has always escaped me, but to leave a dying person behind just to get to the top?
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To: Paddlefish
[ The allure of mountain climbing has always escaped me, but to leave a dying person behind just to get to the top? ]
Better to lose your life getting his "BODY" back down the mountain.. DUUUUGHH!..
342 posted on
05/24/2006 10:37:25 AM PDT by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: Paddlefish
The "I" and "ME" Generation. May they all suffer a similar fate.
360 posted on
05/24/2006 3:39:50 PM PDT by
Minutemen
("It's a Religion of Peace")
To: Paddlefish
Nothing unusual at all. Some are called to adventure and die, others to fame and fortune and others to dismal failure.
He chose his path and he chose to rest in peace.
361 posted on
05/24/2006 3:43:34 PM PDT by
Prost1
(We can build a wall, we can evict - "Si, se puede!")
To: Paddlefish
A real dilemma. There is no easy answer.
Assume you have spent the last 5 yrs of your life preparing for the Olympics and on the day of your event, you are confronted with the choice of either trying to save a man who is 90% dead and giving up all you have worked for, or going on to compete. I don't believe anyone who says the answer is obvious.
To: Paddlefish
Our Sherpas (guides) gave him oxygen. He wasn't a member of our expedition, he was a member of another, far less professional one."I guess that means the hoi-polloi aren't worth the try?
386 posted on
05/25/2006 5:24:36 AM PDT by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(One flag--American. One language--English. One allegiance--to America!)
To: Paddlefish; All
This has been an good Post as it has posed an interesting philosophical question:
"What are the limits of human Altruism?"
398 posted on
05/25/2006 6:45:53 AM PDT by
DoctorMichael
(The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!)
To: Paddlefish
We talked about [what to do for him] for quite a lot at the time and it was a very hard decision. Hmmm...should we save him...should we let him die...should we save him...should we let him die...???
Decisions, decision... How pathetic.
437 posted on
05/25/2006 10:52:54 AM PDT by
HarleyD
To: Paddlefish
Everyone who passed is guilty of murder.
To: Paddlefish
Eight dead alone this year and they don't remove the bodies! Pretty soon its going to look like Stalingrad, just minus the German helmets laying around.
470 posted on
05/25/2006 12:07:54 PM PDT by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Paddlefish
Some people will do anything to get to the top - look at politicians.
474 posted on
05/25/2006 12:28:19 PM PDT by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: Paddlefish
I think it is aweful unless the dying climber was a liberal or french... then, what the hell?
501 posted on
05/25/2006 9:03:17 PM PDT by
Porterville
(Do Not Betray The President During A Time Of War-- Unless You Are A Traitor)
To: Paddlefish
..."they passed David Sharp, 34, a stricken British climber who later died. His body remained on the mountain."
A metaphor for todays America...left to die.
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