Death on the mountain

A sad story today. You may have read that an Englishman died on Mt. Everest, running out of oxygen while descending. It's a tragedy made worse by the fact that he was passed by other hikers on their way up. In fact, the only party to even stop was that of double amputee Mark Inglis (I know you heard about his climb on the news.) He claims their expedition manager basically said there's no hope for the guy, so keep on hiking. But could he have been saved? We'll never know now. No less an athority than Sir Edmond Hillary, who made the climb in 1953, said he would have stopped and done everything possible to rescue the man. It's been said the reason to climb a mountain is because it's there, I believe the reason to stop and help is because we care.