To: Paddlefish
It's simple math. Attempting to save one dying man could have killed them all. They were at an elevation where brain damage has already started from lack of oxygen. They had to get back down to thicker atmosphere before they started dying too. The guy went up on the cheap and got his money's worth.
16 posted on
05/23/2006 8:52:01 AM PDT by
Redcloak
(Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
To: Redcloak
They had to get back down to thicker atmosphere before they started dying too.Your point would have more validity if they were actually on the way down, but they were going up.
23 posted on
05/23/2006 8:57:27 AM PDT by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Redcloak
It's simple math. Attempting to save one dying man could have killed them all. They were at an elevation where brain damage has already started from lack of oxygen. They had to get back down to thicker atmosphere before they started dying too. The guy went up on the cheap and got his money's worth. First intelligent reply in the whole thread. Thank you!
[From a veteran of the 1972 and 1976 American Dhualagiri expeditions]
24 posted on
05/23/2006 8:58:19 AM PDT by
BullDog108
("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
To: Redcloak
100 posted on
05/23/2006 9:53:02 AM PDT by
woofie
(Another actor with political ideas.................John Wilkes Booth)
To: Redcloak
It's simple math. Attempting to save one dying man could have killed them all...Big BS Alert.
To: Redcloak
It's simple math. Attempting to save one dying man could have killed them all. They were at an elevation where brain damage has already started from lack of oxygen. They had to get back down to thicker atmosphere before they started dying too.The article says they made their decision to leave him on the way up, not down. If the guy was still responding & able to take nourishment, some of the 40 man group could {should?] have tried to get him down to the highest established camp which I think would be at about 22,000 feet.
193 posted on
05/23/2006 12:50:08 PM PDT by
citizen
(Yo W! Read my lips: No Amnistia by any name! And the White House has a fence around it!)
To: Redcloak
"They were at an elevation where brain damage has already started.."
I think brain damage started when they decided to climb that big dirt/rock pile with snow on it....
To: Redcloak
They were on the way UP, not down.
457 posted on
05/25/2006 11:26:56 AM PDT by
united1000
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last. - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Redcloak
It's simple math. Attempting to save one dying man could have killed them all.If the other climbers had been in dire straits themselves trying to get down your point might stick, but they were just busy with their climb to the top.
striving for excellence and all...
521 posted on
05/26/2006 10:04:18 AM PDT by
Lester Moore
(The headwaters of the islamic river of death and hate originate in Saudi Arabia)
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