Inglis said they had been in contact with Sharp's family and they now wanted to give them some privacy.
His father John Sharp, of Glendale, Guisborough in England was reported to have said David was "a great son, a very able climber and we loved him."
His mother Linda Sharp said Russell Brice, who led Inglis' expedition, and a sherpa had tried to help David but it was too late.
"One of Russell's sherpas checked on him and there was still life there. He tried to give him oxygen but it was too late," he said.
"Your responsibility is to save yourself - not to try and save anybody else," she told the north east of England newspaper the Northern Echo.
"I can't say how grateful I am to the sherpa and to Russell," she said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/everests-cold-hard-fact/2006/05/25/1148518929582.html?page=2
Everest: At least 186 dead in 35 years
Sunday May 28, 2006
Climbers attempting to reach the summit of Mt Everest have always faced the risk of death in the process. As attempts on the summit have become more frequent, so have instances of people encountering dangerous situations.
At the same time, advances in climbing technology, as well as increased knowledge of Everest and the dangers it poses, have enabled climbers to reduce their likelihood of dying while attempting to climb to the highest point on earth.
Below is a list of successful attempts on the summit of Everest by year, compared with deaths suffered on the mountain.
1969 — SUMMITS: 0, DEATHS: 1
1970 — SUMMITS: 4, DEATHS: 8
1971 — SUMMITS: 0, DEATHS: 1
1972 — SUMMITS: 0, DEATHS: 1
1973 — SUMMITS: 10, DEATHS: 1
1974 — SUMMITS: 0, DEATHS: 6
1975 — SUMMITS: 15, DEATHS: 2
1976 — SUMMITS: 4, DEATHS: 1
1977 — SUMMITS: 2, DEATHS: 0
1978 — SUMMITS: 25, DEATHS: 2
1979 — SUMMITS: 18, DEATHS: 6
1980 — SUMMITS: 10, DEATHS: 3
1981 — SUMMITS: 5, DEATHS: 1
1982 — SUMMITS: 18, DEATHS: 11
1983 — SUMMITS: 23, DEATHS: 3
1984 — SUMMITS: 17, DEATHS: 8
1985 — SUMMITS: 30, DEATHS: 7
1986 — SUMMITS: 4, DEATHS: 4
1987 — SUMMITS: 2, DEATHS: 4
1988 — SUMMITS: 50, DEATHS: 10
1989 — SUMMITS: 24, DEATHS: 8
1990 — SUMMITS: 72, DEATHS: 4
1991 — SUMMITS: 38, DEATHS: 2
1992 — SUMMITS: 90, DEATHS: 5
1993 — SUMMITS: 129, DEATHS: 8
1994 — SUMMITS: 51, DEATHS: 5
1995 — SUMMITS: 83, DEATHS: 3
1996 — SUMMITS: 98, DEATHS: 15
1997 — SUMMITS: 85, DEATHS: 9
1998 — SUMMITS: 120, DEATHS: 4
1999 — SUMMITS: 117, DEATHS: 4
2000 — SUMMITS: 146, DEATHS: 2
2001 — SUMMITS: 182, DEATHS: 5
2002 — SUMMITS: 159, DEATHS: 3
2003 — SUMMITS: 264, DEATHS: 4
2004 — SUMMITS: 330*, DEATHS: 7*
2005 — SUMMITS: Being calculated, DEATHS: Being calculated
Total — SUMMITS: 2249 and counting, DEATHS: 186
Data from www.everesthistory.com.
"Nearly unrescuable"? Is that like "mostly dead"?
Gotta love people who are so bent on getting to the summit that they'll go right past a dying person. Everest climbers are a real classy bunch. Let me guess, "The dying guy wanted us to make it."
At that location on Everest it is impossible...let me repeat...IMPOSSIBLE... to rescue someone who is unable to stand.
My disgust is with the posse that was with him and left him behind. I would have thought that at the first signs of serious illness several of them would have turned around with him and started back down.
But thats just me and I don't climb mountains.....
To me, this incident is horrifying. I ain't no saint, but if the kid at the 7-11 gives me ten bucks too much in change, I give it back, couldn't sleep at night if I didn't.
To leave the fellow there (and all the BS rhetoric about "anything above 5 meters is deemed unrescuable")...
Heartless. Truly, damnably heartless. I hope these folks see his face every time they get all macho and brag up the pictures of their selfish behinds on the summit.
A freakin dog deserves better than the way they treated him. And a dog would have treated him better, also.