I think the controversy really lies outside of the climbing world on this one.

Yes Ryjkyj, it's a big kid's game and Sharp knew the risks.

Everest is apparently littered with many, many (hundreds of?) corpses from failed attempts.

It's pretty easy to judge from the outside looking in. They don't call it the death zone for no reason. It's generally considered the point of no return. If you cannot make it back largely on your own power in the death zone...you don't make it back. It would taken large team equipped specifically for rescue to bring him down, and even then at a high risk to everyone on the team. It's a tragedy for sure, but nobody is to blame except David Sharp.

I have to agree with the general consensus here. Teams that go up Everest are at most prepared only for individual survival. It is unreasonable (and ignorant) to think that they could have done anything under their own power to save him. Even if they had some how radioed down or used a satellite phone, he would have been dead before any type of emergency services reached him.

On a side note, if I had to pick a way to go, it would be that way. I've heard that freezing to death is just like falling asleep; other than the intense feeling of cold and numbness, there is no pain.

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Imagined if someone built a sled for him and just pushed him down. There still would be a remote chance he would survive and hey, just think about it, that would be one hell of a ride.

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On a side note, if I had to pick a way to go, it would be that way. I've heard that freezing to death is just like falling asleep; other than the intense feeling of cold and numbness, there is no pain.


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