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To: hattend

I dunno, dude. Either you make an attempt to save the guy, if he can be saved, or else you STAY with him! You don't just give him some oxygen and continue on with your merry little trek, leaving him to die.


19 posted on 05/23/2006 8:53:35 AM PDT by Obadiah (Bushbot...and proud!)
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To: Obadiah

He couldn't be saved. Staying with the body would have jeopardized more people.

You do realize they ran across this guy at the height of a pressurized airliner, right?


26 posted on 05/23/2006 9:01:25 AM PDT by hattend (Stop! No more! The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised! - Zapp Brannigan:)
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To: Obadiah
Either you make an attempt to save the guy, if he can be saved, or else you STAY with him!

Other factors go into the decision.

"Do we have the correct equipment to carry him down?"

"Do we have to remove OUR OWN life-saving equipment to attempt his rescue?"

"Is it even possible to get him down the mountain?"

"Can we do it without risking one of our own lives?"

"How close to death is he?"

Until you know the answers to these questions, you can't judge them.

Your solution is to STAY WITH HIM AND DIE? Should only one person have given his life or should the whole party kill themselves?

Your "solution" would solve nothing.

52 posted on 05/23/2006 9:20:47 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Obadiah
Either you make an attempt to save the guy, if he can be saved, or else you STAY with him!

You have no idea what the conditions are in a place like that. If you stay with him, you die as well. It is all climbers can do to put one foot in front of the other at that altitude. A lot of people have died on that mountain and several others in the world. It's the nature of the sport. No other climber is going to feel guilty about his death.

161 posted on 05/23/2006 11:57:47 AM PDT by Glenn (Annoy a BushBot...Think for yourself.)
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To: Obadiah
Either you make an attempt to save the guy, if he can be saved, or else you STAY with him!

That's right. Even if there is no hope of saving him, you STAY and die with him..... it's the thought that counts!

494 posted on 05/25/2006 6:46:55 PM PDT by Jorge
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