Nobody stops to help dying man

[David Metsky]

Is it just untennable to even attempt it? Have there been any rescue attempts on Everest? What are the details, and how do they compare to this situation?(I.E. were any rescue attempts made for someone as bad off as this fellow? At this altitude? In theis weather? ) What has it taken to get a body down in the past? What about all that garbage?

You may have missed the report this year of Lincoln Hall. He collapsed at 8700 meters on the north side of Everest, and was rescued by a team of 13 Sheraps. He had also spent the night out and could easily have been left for dead. The biggest difference was that they found him sooner, there was a large collection of Sherpas who are capable of working at that altitude, and Hall revived quite a bit once he was brought down several 100 meters and was on O2.

http://www.everestnews.com/everest2006/halleveresthall05272006.htm

It can be done. But, this was an execptional rescue, pretty much unprecedented.

-dave-

 

[JimG.]

Not imminent, no, but there are times I'd say my chances of surviving are approaching 75%. Or I come out and see part of a roof collapsing and say "Hmm... that was lucky..."

Every time I go into a burning building or cut someone out of a car on the side of a busy highway I'm certainly taking much more risk than most people are comfortable. It is just hard to quantify how much a risk it is.

I think you have listed a few hair raising situations that put you in a better position to predict your reaction than myself.

The "cutting the person out of the car at the side of the highway" scenario is scary...I've seen more than a few public servants hit in those situations and not long ago saw a municipal worker killed in a side of the road collision.

 

[ALLSKIING]

From some people that were on Everest
http://www.everestnews.com/2006expeditions/everest006252006.htm

 

[ALLSKIING]

This is the story on David Sharp...Its a tough read.
http://www.everestnews.com/everest2006/davidsharp07272006.htm

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

It occurs to me that it takes 3 six man crews to get an injured person of a mountain, in the northeast, .

Explain that will ya?

 

[David Metsky]

Explain that will ya?

For a litter carry you need 20+ people. 6 carry the litter at any one point in time and switch off to give time to rest. You need at least three teams to function at any level of safety and efficiency, more if the terrain is very rough. It's exhausting work, far more difficult than most people would think.

-dave-