Man Gives Up Everest Climb for Rescue

Ya, we've got to get the AP feed working with the positive-news tag!

Amazing story.

Nice! Thanks Calvin!

He's an atheist.

Off-topic: I didn't think you could actually earn salvation, but I suppose that's what makes me a Calvinist.

The only useful thing I learned in the Army, one of my sergeants told me: "the only kind of leadership that counts are the words 'follow me' ."

Wait a sec - they found him two hours from the summit and he was left there a day earlier, and they were able to radio his team back at base camp... sort of sounds like his team either left him on the way down, or passed him again on their way down and didn't bother to check on him.

Either way it sounds like his team was filled with a bunch of idiots. The no gloves, no hat, no oxygen thing makes me believe that they took all of that from him as well. How can you take all of that and still not realize the person is alive?

And the Italians? Don't get me started on those bastards.

Mr. Mazur, a job well done.

Yes, there are definitely mental and physical affects of low oxygen and altitude sickness that can make behaviour less clear.

I suppose one possible explanation to those who wish to better understand is to imagine you are completely drunk somewhere in an jagged ice field while simultaneously having flu-like symptoms and are extremely fatigued. Now, make a life-altering judgement call. I think we're all playing Monday-morning quarterback in a sport we know nothing about to so easily judge the actions of others.

This is a great story and I do feel that Mr. Mazur made the right decision. However, I also can't easily judge anyone who did not or could not make the same decision.

You guys are right, I don't understand mountain climbing since I've not had the chance to do it. Thank you for bringing a little more information to the circumstance.

You guys are right, I don't understand mountain climbing since I've not had the chance to do it. Thank you for bringing a little more information to the circumstance.

It's the same incident, Ooble. Both rescued Lincoln Hall. I suppose Daniel was the guide, and the Canadian was one of those on his team.

Well bugger me, so it is. It mentions a British climber needing help days before this occurence in the article I linked to, which must've thrown me a little.

I agree with your comments Lufbery (#13), and am reminded of a camping trip I once took.

I went camping during my college years with some buddies, and one of our tires went flat during the night (we had driven out to the boonies to setup camp), and we were having a hell of a time removing the last bolt from the tire (I had never changed a tire before, and apparently, the car's owner hadn't either - ended up stripping the last bolt). Anyways, we flagged down 2 jeeps of people passing by to see if anyone could help, and both of them were kind enough to call us "stupid college kids" and go on their merry way. The 3rd jeep did stop, saw that we had tried everything to get that darn bolt off (we had destroyed two screwdrivers - hammering them through the bolt to try and get it off), and were kind enough to help us out.

Obviously this is not the same situation as with the mountain climbers. Those climbers (most of them) spend years preparing themselves, not to mention the monetary costs, and have a small window of opportunity to make it to the top. From the looks of things, when they find someone struggling, most of them have that same "stupid amateurs" attitude, and go on their merry way.

The Italians, for instance, reminded me of those jeeps that just passed on by without helping - I guess they figure that anyone who dies during the trek, deserves to (they didn't prepare appropriately, or whatnot).

I can understand the camping peoples' reluctance to stop (maybe they've seen too many "stupid college kids" to care anymore), but I can't fathom thinking that way in a life and death situation, and leaving someone there to die.