Mount Everest Pioneer Lashes On Climbers Who Left Dying Peer
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Contributor
Wellington, New Zealand (AHN) – Mount Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary said Wednesday he was shocked that dozens of climbers left a British mountaineer to die during their own attempts on the world's tallest peak. David Sharp, 34, died apparently of oxygen deficiency while descending from the summit during a solo climb last week, says The Associated Press. More than 40 climbers reportedly saw Sharp in varying states of health and working on his oxygen equipment on the day of his death, but none stooped for assistance. New Zealander Mark Inglis, who became the first double amputee to reach the mountain's summit on prosthetic legs, told Television New Zealand that his own party was able to render only limited assistance and had to put the safety of its own members first. Hillary said that he would have abandoned his own pioneering climb to save another's life. "Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain," Hillary was quoted as saying in an interview with New Zealand Press Association. In the past week three alpinists have died in separate expeditions during their descent.
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