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I followed the link and NOW they are saying that Sharp was ALSO down past the First Step and that the Green Boots cave is at the start of the gully down and 300 yards from Camp three (an hours walk uphill, 15 minutes down)

If THIS is true, I will join in the chorus condemning the actions of the climbers who walked past.

Here is the picture. If accurate, it DOES make me rethink my support of the climbers.

But something doesn't add up. Accounts said that he was 300 yards from the summit. This picture claims he was 450 VERTICAL meters from the summit. But that distance is much longer walking up the slope.

Yep.....we've previously been led to believe he was 300 ft. from the Summit.

That would make it above the Third Step in your picture and quite impossible for an immobile person to be saved.

But 300 ft. from the Green Boots cave is off the ridge and someone can be pushed/belayed on his ass all the way down to Camp Three.

Not fun....and the bumpy descent may kill him if he can not assist, but definitely doable.

I want everyone to look at Mr. Brightside's photo.

Someone above the Second Step and immobile....is dead....no question about it.

Someone at Mushroom Rock (between First and Second Step)....with just a little mobility and a minor miracle...a slim chance.

Below the First Step, and odds change to about 20% (of getting him down...not necessarily surviving) if healthy people are near.