.. is that the climber who got stuck and froze to death, Rob Hall, was waylaid on the mountain deep into the night because he refused to leave his delirious client, Doug Hansen, alone to die. Due to a snafu with the supplementary oxygen bottles and Hansen's inability to get down without it, Hall was counting on his team to reequip them halfway up the mountain. It almost worked; not only did Hall make a miraculous descent of the Hillary Step with a partially-conscious Hansen in tow, but he hung on in the blizzard with nothing but a snowsuit for some 24 hours. By the time a concerted force made it to his position, he was dead.
People who climb Mt. Everest aren't heroes, but Rob Hall was.
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.. is that the climber who got stuck and froze to death, Rob Hall, was waylaid on the mountain deep into the night because he refused to leave his delirious client, Doug Hansen, alone to die. Due to a snafu with the supplementary oxygen bottles and Hansen's inability to get down without it, Hall was counting on his team to reequip them halfway up the mountain. It almost worked; not only did Hall make a miraculous descent of the Hillary Step with a partially-conscious Hansen in tow, but he hung on in the blizzard with nothing but a snowsuit for some 24 hours. By the time a concerted force made it to his position, he was dead.
People who climb Mt. Everest aren't heroes, but Rob Hall was.