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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
If the death rate of driving was 2.09% per trip then I would agree that both are selfish acts.
Something that rarely comes up is that a lot of the people who die on the mountain were left behind by the rest of their team. Often times this is done on the way up, meaning that the rest of the team has decided that reaching the summit is more important than the life of their teammate.
On a side note, take a look at how many motivational speakers are out there who have climbed Everest.
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That's painting with a pretty wide brush. With the exception of the odd person like Anatoly that are superhuman in those conditions, most of us would end up dying if we tried to intervene and help another climber. Up in the death zone it is usually regarded as suicide to attempt it. Throw in factors like your brain functioning in a hypoxic state and you may not even realize the full extent of what is going on with your fellow climbers.