When Desire of Success exceeds Humanity

Couple of days back New Zealand climber Mark Inglis was all over the news for becoming the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mt Everest.

However today, his desire to succeed is being questioned by some.

SMH reports :

Sir Edmund Hillary has questioned the actions of New Zealand climber Mark Inglis, who left another climber to die on his way to conquering Mt Everest.

Inglis, a double-amputee, was one of many climbers who passed British climber David Sharp, 34, on his way to the top of the world’s highest mountain a week ago.

Sharp, a 34-year-old engineer, later died on the mountain.

Hillary said that on his expedition there was no way you would leave a man under a rock to die.

He said people had completely lost sight of what was important.

“There have been a number of occasions when people have been neglected and left to die and I don’t regard this as a correct philosophy,” he said.

He said the difficulties posed by operating at high altitude were not an excuse.

“I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mt Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top,” he said.

In his defence, Mark Inglis claimed….

His own party was the only one to stop and help Sharp from among a stream of about 40 climbers who walked on past Sharp as he lay in Everest’s “death zone” above 8000m.

Other climbers reported seeing Sharp trying to work on his oxygen system, but Inglis said the Briton had no oxygen.

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