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American Sherpa Save Woman Left Die - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 25th May, 2007 - 6:31pm
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On Mount Everest, She was at a similar altitude to the cave where Sharp died on May 15, 2006, after an estimated 40 climbers passed him by, most of them without making any attempt to save him
American, Sherpa Save Woman Left To Die
Money or saving the life of someone? It is just amazing to me that some climbers care so much about money that they are willing to pass by someone who needs to be rescued and they won't stop to save them. Thank God, in this case this woman was saved by two wonderful men who cared about saving someone's life.
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| A stricken climber left to die on Mount Everest was saved by an American guide and a sherpa who found her by accident as they returned from the summit. The dramatic rescue of the Nepalese woman has reopened a passionate debate about mountaineering ethics, a year after the controversial death on the mountain of the British climber David Sharp. The woman, identified only as Usha, was found on Monday morning suffering from severe altitude sickness about 550 meters beneath the 29,028-foot summit. She was at a similar altitude to the cave where Sharp died on May 15, 2006, after an estimated 40 climbers passed him by, most of them without making any attempt to save him. His death sparked an international controversy, with some arguing that a rescue would have cost more lives. Others, including Sir Edmund Hillary, condemned the cynicism of commercial mountaineers. Usha, like Sharp, was apparently on the sort of barebones expedition that charges clients typically as little as $8,933 and provides them with only basic equipment. |
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