1996 Mount Everest Tragedy

1996 Everest tragedy Mount Everest is a very dangerous place. It is also very beautiful and that is what persuades people to climb. When the climbers have reached the top all they think about is how beautiful and glorious it is not how dangerous it is. With it being five and a half miles long and very cold it is a very dangerous climb. Around 3,000 people have died on Everest and in 1996 eight climbers were unsuccessful and died. Climbing Mount Everest is a risk that people take and it is expensive but this is what people do and when they climb they have to make fast and smart choices. There were a lot of people in base camp and when you look at the summit you could see that it was not safe to climb. David breashears was very nervous about the number of people so his group stayed at base camp. Rob Hall’s group decided to go up. They got caught in a storm. It was so bad that Krakauer (one of the clients) went …show more content…
There were eight climbers that died, Scott Fisher, Andy Harris, Doug Hansen, Yasuko Namba, Tsewang Samanla, Dorje Morup,Tsewang Paljor, and Rob Hall. This is a sad time especially for these families. Rob Halls wife was pregnant so it was especially hard for them. Ed Viesturs was a friend of Rob Hall and his group decided to wait while Rob's group went up. When Ed heard that Rob was trapped on the summit he decided to get Rob’s wife able to radio him. Rob spent one night on the summit and nobody has ever survived Two nights on the summit. Rob and his wife talked and they decided to name their baby Sara. Then Rob said his final words to his wife “sleep well my sweetheart. Please don’t worry too much”.
Mount Everest is very beautiful bust is also quite dangerous. People still decide to climb it and that is their choice. They have to be prepared for anything that is thrown at them,because when they go on that mountain they never know if they are coming back