 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yoda, what fabulous photos!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I expect the programme is about the incident where she came across a dying climber and did not help. This actually featured in my MBA ethics class, where an interesting debate ensued about the degree to which you should risk yourself to save others. Mind you it is easy to be judgemental at 100 asl if you have never been up to 20000 ft.
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The Choice is always worth listening to, generally very interesting even if initially you don't think it will be.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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AndrewBailey, yes, be interesting to see how it comes across on the programme having had the story from the horse's mouth (as I sure she won't mind me saying).
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Hurtle, yes, annoyingly Cathy's are much better than mine 
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Great girl - met her many years ago in a climbing shop in Johannesburg before her Everest days. Although tiny, the South African climbing scene was proper intense and whenever they visited Europe, they'd show us up with their sheer enthusiasm. I guess skiing = same.
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AndrewBailey, True... I've been in the odd nasty situation and have witnessed someone panic and run away into a storm with the only map after 24hrs on the go. Until people have been through it themselves they should hold back armchair judgements... not saying the subject shouldn't be discussed though.
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| AndrewBailey wrote: |
| I expect the programme is about the incident where she came across a dying climber and did not help. This actually featured in my MBA ethics class, where an interesting debate ensued about the degree to which you should risk yourself to save others. Mind you it is easy to be judgemental at 100 asl if you have never been up to 20000 ft. |
Listened to the programme this morning. From her account, it's not true to say she did not help. Although her sherpas thought she was wasting her time, she went over to the dying climber (an American lady) who said "Please don't leave me"  However, the dying climber wasn't coherent, she just repeated 3 phrases "Please don't leave me", "Why are you doing this to me?" and "I'm an American". When she was found the climber was in an awkward inverted position. It took the party (using oxygen) about 10 minutes to get the dying climber into an upright position, but it became clear that she had no strength remaining and could not stand. It was impossible for them to carry her all the way down. They had to leave her. As Cathy said, she then had another choice - whether to carry on with the ascent, or to go back down. She said she no longer felt like making the ascent, so she went back down (although her sherpas carried on with the ascent).
Cathy said the situation she was in is generally understood by people in climbing circles, but she sometimes receives anonymous e-mails along the lines of "You b!tch, you left someone to die!" 
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