Even the cost of a human life. Sir Edmund Hillary doesn't think much of climbers who value a trip to the summit of Mount Everest more than they do a human life. Worst of all is the number of people who think that their reaching the summit is more important.
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 while descending from the summit during a solo climb last week, apparently of oxygen deficiency.
More than 40 climbers are thought to have seen him as he lay dying, and almost all continued to the summit without offering assistance.
One hopes there is a very special place in Hell for such selfishness.
