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During the everest disaster of 1996 three expeditions led by experienced mountaineers Rob Hall, Scott Fischer, and Makalu Gau set off to reach the peak of everest. This 8848 meter mountain has claimed many lives and would do so again in 1996 the number of guides and clients of the three expeditions was 33 people but only 21 came back down. The greatest death toll occurred during the summit attempt the three expeditions left camp 4 (just below the death zone.) early in the morning of may 10’th in an attempt to reach the summit. The longer they were on the mountain the more tired and hypoxic (delusional) they got. The first issue this brough was on the south summit when they found a climber Andy Harris yelling that there was no oxygen left. And …show more content…

On the day of the ascent up everest Anatoli made the selfish decision to climb up the mountain without supplemental oxygen. Due to the thin air climbing without supplemental oxygen takes a lot of effort so anatoli ended up leaving behind tolls and medical supply that would have been needed if somebody was injured at such a high altitude. And if somebody was injured he wouldn’t be able to carry them back down because all of his energy was already being exerted just to keep moving forward. In the end Anatoli ended up turning around while all his clients were still on the mountain meaning there was one less experienced mountaineer to help in the event of an emergency. He claimed to have returned to camp 4 so he could help in the event of an emergency. But his plan had one problem there was no radio at camp 4. Making it so he could not receive any messages from anyone climbing to reach the peak. When Anatoli was heading down to camp 4 Anatoli was supposed to be taking Martin Adams down everest with him but he abandoned Martin half way down and this nearly cost Matin his life. Martin ended up falling into two crevasses with no assistance to help him get back

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