Posted on 05/24/2006 1:58:55 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
You have an interesting FR name considering that you take issue with someone spending their own money as they see fit.
but pompous people have GOT to pompous.
he pompouses
she pompouses
all them pompous people got to pompous.
you make a good point.
i wonder how much is wasted by people each year on climbing everest.
You and 41 other people are standing on the Golden Gate Bridge and one jumps off. You see him hit the water and come back up. He is not dead, yet.
Are you willing to jump off the bridge to ATTEMPT to save his life? Are you going to start demanding that the other 40 people jump off the bridge and attempt to save his life?
Keep in mind that on this particular day, all fire/police and rescue services are on strike and it's just you and the other 40 people. Do you kill yourself to save him? Doubtful.
This is the circumstance those 40 people were faced with. Superman only comes in the movies.
well, at least there seem to be plenty of bodies up there, so anyone who is cannabalistically inclined won't go hungry.
Yes. Rob Hall called from the summit. He was near frozen, disoriented, yet tranquil.
He kept telling people below that he was getting up and moving. But they could see him through a telescope and they knew he was not telling the truth.
It's not like he was calling a 900 sex line for kicks. His wife was patched into a final phone call as a last ditch effort to get him motivated to get up and get moving.
It didn't work.
I think too many people have too much time on their hands.
Sir Edmund Hillary sees it different than you. I think I will give him the benefit of the doubt being he is the one who made it to the top and back down first.
However, I have his actual quotes and even he seems to leave plenty open to interpretation.
"On my expedition there was no way you would have left a man under a rock to die," said Hillary. "It simply would not have happened. If you have someone who is in great need and you are still strong and energetic then you have a duty really to give all you can to get the man down and getting to the summit becomes secondary."
I'll completely agree with Sir Hillary on this.
ExplorersWeb said the China Tibet Mountaineering Association which takes the money for permits to climb on the northern side was "embarrassingly out of control".
"The ignorance of Chinese authorities for anything but to charge permit fees has led to an over-crowded, lawless and dangerous situation on Everest's north side, adding to the risk of the climb itself," the explorers said.
"Commercial budget expeditions are signing up clients by the dozen and base camp has a bar and a mobile brothel. Individual climbers are robbed in high camps, which this year has contributed to at least one climber's death".
So I should just step over stupid dying people and completely ignore them? When I die, and I'm up before the Judgement Throne, what excuse do I then tell the Lord for this?
Even if one believes in no God, surely we humans should show some compassion, even to the stupid?
v. sum·mit·ed, sum·mit·ing, sum·mits
v. tr.
To climb to the summit of (a mountain).
v. intr.
To climb to the summit.
My eyes get tired reading waaaaay across a row like this!
<>g<> Easier for everyone else to scan down than across too.
I was thinking of the
Andes catastrophe when
that plane went down
and searchers couldn't
find the survivors for
weeks. Some died of
starvation...a few
lived to fly another
day.
From what I've read, Sharp had made two unsuccessful attempts (without Oxygen) on Everest in prior years. This season, he was attempting it solo and (reportedly) with only 2 (two) bottles of gas.
I made plenty of comments on this on an earlier thread.
But in summary, hauling a body down a 30 degree ice slope at the top of the highest mountain in the world is a lot more difficult that you think.
Forty people passing by a dying man is apparently very easy, though. I don't see why some (not accusing you) are so cavalier.
Imagine the reaction we'd have if we learned that 40 strangers acted as a team to save one man? We'd be going "WOW!" Instead, most people are making excuses along the lines of "He was stupid, and they paid $35k, so..."
What the **** is the MATTER with some people?
Don't bother, I'm done with this story (again, not due to anything you've posted). The more I read of people's defenses of this action, the sicker I'm feeling.
Two hours from a tent that was still in the "death zone."
Staying at that altitude for more than 24 hours means death.
Mt. Darwin.
The 40 people were in different parties of 6-10 climbers each.
Climbers probably passed him over a 12-24 hour time span. It is not unusual for climbers to be stopped along the way. Many lose their battle with altitude sickness and try resting before deciding to go ahead or go back.
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