[DoctorMichael]

With respect to the dead climber: I've always wondered (since the time I started backpacking at age 17) what I'd do in a life-or-death situation where the decision you make is not only yours alone, but also has to be made by you while in an impaired mental state, because of the altitude.

On Kilmanjaro last year (I'm 51 years old), at 18,700 feet, without oxygen, I decided to turn back within an hour of the summit (19,300') due to the fact that I was losing conciousness and falling down from time to time. I'm here.......the dead climber on Everest is not.

Ya pays yur admission, ya takes your chances.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Did you see the skeleton of the leopard?