http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor...nd-Lhotse.html
It fascinates me how man has conquered this mountain but it still kills so many that are either unprepared or just foolishly believe that they can beat it. After reading about the 1996 Everest disaster I had thought that people would be more careful. But the lure of the mountain is too much.
300 climbers tried to summit in one day, with only one fixed rope to the top. A 2 1/2 hour wait at the Hillary step, I am no climber but I have read enough to know that a wait like that at 8,000 meters is almost suicide. I was reading somewhere how one climber described walking at that altitude, for every one step you have rest and take ten breaths, then the next step and ten breaths and so on.
http://www.outsideonline.com/feature...n-Everest.html