He couldn't be saved. Staying with the body would have jeopardized more people.
You do realize they ran across this guy at the height of a pressurized airliner, right?
"He couldn't be saved"
So sayeth the self absobed Mountain climber who happened to have paid $35,000 to reach the summit to justify writing a book about his on greatness.
I take his word on that as much as I would take Bill Clinton's. Apparently someone helped him off the mountain so he could have his legs amputated, but he wouldn't pass the courtesy of an attempt to another human being. Poor excuse for a person.