I believe that when people choose to take high risks of this nature they cannot 'expect' others to be 'obligated' to make sacrifices for them.

We can only hope, but if they dont, I dont believe that people have a right to pass judgment, sure it is disapointing, but these are extenuating circumstances and that has to be taken into account and consideration.

People make thier choices and they are entitled to that. Nobody knows what would have happened if the situation was reversed.

'Ethical yuk factor' doesn't begin to describe how disturbed I feel when I think of 40 climbers passing that poor man. To say he was beyond help is a cop-out - Lincoln Hall was so far gone he was even reported dead and was then rescued.

The commercialilization of mountaineering has clearly eroded human decency in many people. I sometimes wonder how many of these trophy climbers would want to scale Everest if one of the conditions of their climb was that no-one would ever know of their achievement.

I have always believed that the journey is more important than the destination.

A man died alone on his path, passed by many others more focussed on the destination. I guess that they don't stop and smell the flowers on their life's journey either.

Rest in Peace David Sharp.

Its easy to sit back in comfy environs and denigrate the basic human spirit which got us to this place, from which we admonish, judge and ridicule in all our coiffed comfort.

Those narcissistic explorers and adventurers that spent 6mths on a leaky boat to get out here way back when... wot a bunch of ego stroking, space wasting twits for having the temerity to express the an essence of human existence (striving) to set the ground work that created what we now take for granted.

People who look crazy for doing things like climbing everest are society's prime movers. The rest of us are pretenders, second-handers, spectators.